View the blooming of a Cornish lily

View the blooming of a Cornish lily

Time-lapse video, filmed over four days, of the opening of a Cornish lily (Nerine bowdenii), member of the Amaryllidaceae family.
Video by Neil Bromhall; music, Musopen.org (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
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