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Red Spider Lily

These flowers are originally found in China, Japan, Korea, and Nepal and spread to the United States and other countries overtime. They bloom in the late summer or early autumn often in response to heavy rainfall. They’re blooming patterns and cultural significances give them other names like the Hurricane Lily or the Resurrection Lily. This flower, along with all of the members in genus Lycoris are poisonous due to the presence of the toxic alkaline Lycoris, if ingested bulbs can cause diarrhea, vomiting, convulsions, and in severe cases, even death.

This flower symbolizes the coming of fall. Red spider lilies are frequently seen in Japan, growing along roadways and along the perimeter of Rice fields and houses. The lilies are purposely planted near rice fields in order to deter mice and other animals from invading the rice patties.

In ccordance with established tradition many practitioners of Buddhism in Japan will celebrate the arrival of fall with a ceremony at the tombs of their ancestor in order to pay tribute to the dead spider lilies are commonly planted on and around grave sites as part of a ceremonial practice.

Some legends have it that if you see someone who you may never meet again, these flowers will bloom along the paths you take. Which is often used media to represent death or becoming of bad times.