Flower Photo: Red Spider Lily AKA Hurricane Lily

Higanbana (ヒガンバナ) in Japan

An autumn equinox flower, botanists call this plant Lycoris radiata.

One source tells us if, you meet someone you will never see again, these flowers will pop up.

A trail of them will sprout behind you !

Over at About.com they call this a Surprise Lily or, Naked Lady. 

Flower Pictures Organization shows a few other varieties of the plants and flowers. 

The bulbs, shouldn't be eaten (poisonous) according to NC State University. 

Learn more about the plants and, order them at Southern Living. 

There's even a gal named Spiderlily over on Facebook so, I liked her 'cuz she's an artist !

A Bridge with Bougainvillea and Wagon Wheels

What more could you ask for ?

The recently, re-opened Southeast Botanical Gardens has it all.

We just made a quick trip through about half the place and called it a day.

It was so hot, I couldn't get the fish to jump out of water.

The place had been closed for a few years and, I really missed it.

It seems like it will be a while before the attraction gets restored to what it was years ago.

When they get signs on all the plants and flowers, I can spend weeks there.

That's because they write the names in English, Japanese and, Latin.

Imagine, being able to shoot some unknown flower or, bug and have its name right alongside it.

Just snap a photo of the sign and the research is all done.

Anything beats, squinting at a monitor or, thumbnails in a library book, trying to ID stuff.

Another thing, I noticed while touring the gardens.

They have some statues of naked ladies in the pond.  I didn't shot them, though.

It's because, I'm not that type of photographer.

And, the light wasn't right !

If you want to know more about the Botanical Gardens or, squint at a naked lady statue go 

HERE.