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Boophone haemanthoides

Morabeza

By Morabeza
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Morabeza

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It's not a palm or tropical, but it's pretty awesome. I'm posting this in case there are any SF Bay Area folks who'd be interested in seeing this plant.

This unsung event is at least as significant a blooming event as when botanical gardens have a Titan Arum flower as this species can take up to 12 years to bloom from seed and very few botanical gardens in the US have bloomed it. The director of the University of California Berkeley Botanical Garden gave me a heads up that their Boophone haemanthoides is flowering for the first time, so I took a break from my hectic day just to see it. It was worth it, of course!

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Boöphone haemanthoides

Boöphone haemanthoides

Boöphone haemanthoides

Boöphone haemanthoides

Boöphone haemanthoides

Anyone who can, should come see this. It will be an ongoing show as the inflorescence expands into a magnificent infructescence!

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A remarkable plant, I was lucky to be given an immature 1G size. The leaves are what set Boophone apart from it's close kin Scadoxus. Thanks for the pics.

 

 

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Glad you are growing one! It is a wonderful species for mediterranean-climate parts of California that do not get hard frosts. Both Boophone species will grow very well in your area.

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