Brunsvigia orientalis
Posted: August 21st, 2013, 7:38 pm
Now here is a bulb that should do well in your hot environment. This is one of my Brunsvigia orientalis. They are found in a very hot part of our country. I removed a few bulbs a few years ago. I have 3 bulbs that flower every year. They grow in plain sand and grow very deep. The bulb has very fleshy and long roots. When I dug it out I dug about 1.2 meters deep around the bulb not to damage the roots. I found out with one of the bulbs that they grow roots again very quickly. One of the 3 bulbs flowered with 2 scapes in 2009. There are normally over 70 flowers on this bulb's head. They set seeds very easy and are dispersed in the same way as the Boophone seeds. After the dry flower head falls off it grows 8 huge flat leaves.
In 2009 and 2010 I made crosses with Amaryllis Belladonna x Brunsvigia orientalis. I have a few seedlings doing well and the leaves are all semi erect and a little wider than the Amaryllis Belladonna leaves. This is called an Amarygia.
This was the smallest bulb that I sent to a friend and cut the roots to save on weight for postage.
This is the bulb that grew two scapes in 2009. I re-potted the bulb in the black pot after flowering into a much larger pot.
This was the leaves in 2009 and are much bigger now.
The seedlings in 2009 when they germinated.
In 2009 and 2010 I made crosses with Amaryllis Belladonna x Brunsvigia orientalis. I have a few seedlings doing well and the leaves are all semi erect and a little wider than the Amaryllis Belladonna leaves. This is called an Amarygia.
This was the smallest bulb that I sent to a friend and cut the roots to save on weight for postage.
This is the bulb that grew two scapes in 2009. I re-potted the bulb in the black pot after flowering into a much larger pot.
This was the leaves in 2009 and are much bigger now.
The seedlings in 2009 when they germinated.
