Crinum ornatum
Category photo (no photo of its own for this entry)
Native to tropical Africa as far south as Namibia, Crinum ornatum is a bulbous plant of seasonally dry regions, its bulb up to 10 cm across, multiplying into clumps by offsets. Narrowly lance-shaped, non-glaucous leaves accompany a scape 20 to 50 cm tall bearing 3 to 6 flowers, dark greenish-red in bud, opening to a white perianth marked with a broad, sharply defined dark red band visible on both sides. It requires well-drained soil, full sun, and a dry dormancy during the dry season, being frost-tender.
- Family :Amaryllidaceae
- Storage organ :bulb
- Growth :winter grower
- Flowering height :0-15 cm
Growing cycle
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Growth :January (sem. 1-4), February (sem. 1-4), March (sem. 1-4), April (sem. 1-4), May (sem. 1-4), June (sem. 1-4), July (sem. 1-4), August (sem. 1-4), September (sem. 1-4), October (sem. 1-4), November (sem. 1-4), December (sem. 1-4)