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17 August 2005: These flowers are popping up all over CA and OR during the last few weeks of August. They are called "Naked Ladies."

I found this very good description online:

Don't tell Candid Camera or Funniest Home Videos, but there are naked ladies popping up all over the place! Along highways, in weed-infested vacant lots and, yes, even in manicured gardens. Tall, curvaceous and rosy pink, they stand out like Twiggy at a Weight Watchers' convention. But before you call the police about indecent exposure, let me hasten to say that these naked ladies are fit for the eyes of the most innocent child. Technically called Amaryllis belladonna and sometimes known as belladonna lilies, they still are most often simply referred to as good ol' naked ladies. The reason for their rather racy common name is obvious once you've set eyes on them. You see, this time of year, naked ladies are popping up all over, with their pink, fragrant flowers blooming atop 2-foot-high stalks that just happen to be totally leafless -- "naked," if you will. The trumpet-like flowers put on a show, having six to 12 flowers to a cluster. Flowers are large, about 3 inches in diameter. While light pink is the most common color, they're also available in red, mauve and white, usually with contrasting yellow throats.

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