2 BULBS BLOOD LILY SCADOXUS MULTIFLORUS HAEMANTHUS RHIZOME FLOWER RARE PLANT

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Haemanthus Bulbs | Scadoxus |  Blood Lily
If ever there was a plant deserving of a more attractive name, this is it. Scadoxus, commonly known as a pincushion flower because of its obvious similarity to this indispensable sewing aid, is a South African native. Its globe shaped flowers are comprised of hundreds of individual sparkly florets, each accented with gold tipped stamen. Plants bloom over a two month period, adding both color and unusual form to gardens or containers. Attractive foliage is basal and wavy. New lower price this season.
Common Name:
Pincushion flower, blood lily, Cape tulip
Botanical Name:
Scadoxus multiflorus or Haemanthus
Exposure:
Full sun to partial shade
Hardiness:
Zones 8-11, elsewhere lift in fall and store bulb indoors
Height:
12-18"
Color:
Flowers are made up to hundreds of scarlet florets that mature to deep pink
Bloom Season:
Summer
Scadoxus multiflorus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blood lily
Inflorescence of a blood lily in India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade
:
Angiosperms
Clade
:
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Amaryllidoideae
Genus:
Scadoxus
Species:
S. multiflorus
Binomial name
Scadoxus multiflorus
Scadoxus multiflorus (formerly Haemanthus multiflorus) is a bulbous plant native to most of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia to South Africa. It is also native to Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman) and to the Seychelles. It is naturalized in Mexico and in the Chagos Archipelago.It is grown as an ornamental plant for its brilliantly coloured flowers, either in containers or in the ground in where the climate is suitable. There are three recognized subspecies. Strongly toxic like other Scadoxus species, it has been used as a component of arrow poisons and fishing poisons, as well as in traditional medicine. Common names, some of which are used for other species, include blood lily, bloodflower, Katherine-wheel, oxtongue lily, poison root and powderpuff lily.
Description
Scadoxus multiflorus
Scadoxus multiflorus grows from a "rhizomatous bulb", i.e. a bulb which also produces rhizomes (thickened roots). The leaves and flower may appear together or the leaves may be produced later. The bases of the leaves, the stalks or petioles, are tightly wrapped together to form a pseudostem or false stem, 5–60 cm (2–24 in) long. The flowers are produced in an umbel at the top of a leafless stem (scape), 12–75 cm (5–30 in) long. Both the pseudostem and the scape are often covered with reddish brown to dark violet spots. The bracts under the umbel soon wither.
The umbel of flowers is more-or-less globe shaped, with from 10 to 200 individual flowers. Each flower has a stalk (pedicel) typically 15–45 mm (0.6–1.8 in) long. The tepals, filaments of the stamens and the style are all scarlet, fading to pink. The bases of the tepals are fused to form a cylinder-shaped tube, 4–26 mm (0.2–1.0 in) long; the free ends of the tepals are 12–32 mm (0.5–1.3 in) long, narrow and spreading. The fruit is a berry, 5–10 mm (0.2–0.4 in) across.
Differences between the three accepted subspecies have been summarized by Friis and Nordal, and are shown in the table below.
Difference between subspecies
S. m.
subsp.
multiflorus
S. m.
subsp.
katherinae
S. m.
subsp.
longitubus
Length of flower tube
4–15 mm
12–22 mm
15–26 mm
Length of free segments of the flower
12–32 mm
18–30 mm
15–28 mm
Width of free segments of the flower
0.5–2.5 mm
2.2–4 mm
1.4–3.4 mm
Height
Variable
Up to 120 cm
Up to 65 cm
Distribution
Southern to tropical Africa; Arabia
Swaziland; eastern coastal South Africa
Lowland forest in tropical west Africa
It can be seen that although the dimensions mostly overlap, the length of the flower tube relative to the free segments at the end of the flower distinguishes
S. m.
subsp.
longitubus
, in which they are more-or-less the same length, from
S. m.
subsp.
multiflorus
, in which the tube is generally shorter than the free segments.
S. m.
subsp.
katherinae
is intermediate.
S. m.
subsp.
multiflorus
tends to have narrower free segments than the other two subspecies.
S. m.
subsp.
katherinae
is tall,
S. m.
subsp.
longitubus
short, with
S. m.
subsp.
multiflorus
generally intermediate, although varying in height throughout its considerable range.
Taxonomy
Scadoxus multiflorus was originally described by English botanist Thomas Martyn in 1795 as Haemanthus multiflorus. Constantine Samuel Rafinesque moved Haemanthus multiflorus to his new genus Scadoxus in 1838, giving it its current binomial name Scadoxus multiflorus. The separation of Scadoxus from Haemanthus was ignored by most workers until 1976, when the two genera were again segregated by Ib Friis and Inger Nordal. Haemanthus species are southern in distribution, form true bulbs and have 2n = 16 chromosomes, whereas Scadoxus species, such as S. multiflorus, are found throughout tropical Africa, do not all form bulbs and have 2n = 18 chromosomes.The leaves are a further distinguishing characteristic: those of Scadoxus are thinner and have a distinct stalk (petiole); those of Haemanthus are thicker and without a petiole.
Scadoxus multiflorus
subsp.
multiflorus
Distribution and habitat
The species is native to tropical and southern Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula. Only the subspecies S. m. subsp. multiflorus occurs throughout this range. it is primarily a plant of moist, shady habitats. S. m. subsp. longitubus is found only in tropical West Africa, in moist lowland forest in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Sierra Leone. S. m. subsp. katherinae is native to Mediterranean climate forest, scrub and woodland in eastern southern Africa – Cape Province and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and Swaziland.
Cultivation
Scadoxus multiflorus is not frost-hardy and must be kept at a minimum temperature of 5 °C (41 °F), for forms of southern African origin, up to 10 °C (50 °F) or more for those of tropical origin. An open, well-drained growing medium, largely organic in nature, is recommended. Propagation is by seed. Pests are those of Scadoxus generally.[9][10]
Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. longitubus is rarely if ever cultivated, although (under the synonym Haemanthus mannii) it was described as having been "introduced" in 1877. Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus is produced for sale in large numbers by the Dutch horticultural industry. In cultivated forms, the flowers often appear before the leaves, sometimes not until late summer.
Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katherinae has been described as "imposing",sometimes reaching a height of 120 cm (4 ft), with a strong purple-spotted pseudostem. Red berries may be produced, which can last through the winter. The UK National Plant Collection for Scadoxus has described it as "an excellent plant for a glasshouse or sunny windowsill." In South Africa it can be grown in the open garden in the shade, in well-drained, light soil containing plenty of organic matter. It requires ample water when in growth but must have good drainage when dormant. It will grow under trees provided the soil is sufficiently fertile.
Cultivars
Some artificial hybrids between S. multiflorus subsp. katherinae and S. puniceus are known. Johannes Nicolai raised S. 'König Albert' which flowered for the first time in 1899. Although rare in cultivation, it multiplies rapidly. Of the same parentage is S. 'Andromeda', raised by C. G. van Tubergen around 1904.
Toxicity and uses
The genus Scadoxus has some strongly toxic species, containing poisonous alkaloids lethal to animals, such as sheep and goats, that graze on the leaves or bulbs. Scadoxus multiflorus is traditionally used in parts of tropical Africa as a component of arrow poisons and fishing poisons. It is also used in traditional medicine, although in South Africa less so than Scadoxus puniceus.
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