CRINUM BULBISPERMUM
Author:
Milne-Redhead & Schweickerdt, 1939
Family:
AMARYLLIDACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 52: 161 (1939)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
6 Centimetres
Height:
1 Meter
Propagate:
Seeds/Bulbs
CITES:
Synonyms:
Amaryllis longifolia Linaeus, 1753.
Amaryllis bulbisperma Burm.f. 1768.
Crinum longiflorum Herb.1837.
Amaryllis bulbisperma, Burm.f.
Amaryllis capensis, Mill.
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Amaryllis riparia, Burch. ex Kunth
Crinum capense, Herb.
Crinum govenium, Herb.
Crinum riparium, Herb.
Crinum spofforthianum, Herb. ex Sweet.
Erigone govenica, Salisb.
This member of the Amaryllidaceae family was given this name by Edgar Wolston Bertram Handsley Milne-Redhead and Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt in 1939. It is found in Eswatini, Lesotho and eastern, South Africa, growing in peat or a well drained soil with plenty of water and sun. The bulb will grow up to six centimetres in diameter, the whole plant can reach one meter in height. The flowers are from pale to rather dark pink. The genera is from the Greek krinon, meaning 'lily'. The species name for its round pollen.
Flower
Pale - Dark Pink
Soil
Peat - Mix
Water
Maximum
Sun
Maximum
