Around this time of year, especially in the countryside, these lovely flowers start to sprout up. Actually they blossom twice a year, but this time in particular they caught my attention. They are called Ohiganbana- in English they are the Cluster Amaryliss or Red Spider Lilly- meaning Ohigan flower. Ohigan is a Buddhist tradition for remembering the dead.
The flower is associated with death possibly because of it`s poison. As one website (sorry URL lost in the ether) mentioned that farmers planted them around crops to protect them from mice and other field predators, but the flowers soon spread widely.A very beautiful but dangerous flower.
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