Lachenalia bulbifera

Lachenalia bulbifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Lachenalia
Species:	L. bulbifera
Binomial name
Lachenalia bulbifera (Cirillo) Asch. & Graebn.

Lachenalia bulbifera, syn. L. pendula, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the Western Cape of South Africa. It is a bulbous perennial growing to 30 cm (12 in) tall by 5 cm (2 in) broad, with strap-shaped spotted leaves and fleshy stems bearing pendent tubular orange or red flowers 3 cm long, in winter and spring.^[1] The Latin bulbifera literally means "bulb-bearing",^[2] and refers to the plant's habit of producing bulblets, which can be separated from the parent plant and grown on.

This plant requires a sheltered, frost-free position, or it can be grown under glass. The species^[3] and its pink-flowered cultivar 'George'^[4] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

References

1. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
2. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
3. "RHS Plant Selector - Lachenalia bulbifera". Retrieved 16 June 2013.
4. "RHS Plant Selector - Lachenalia bulbifera 'George'". Retrieved 16 June 2013.

External links

• Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). [http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?submitForm=true&page_id=77&searchTextMenue=Lachenalia+bulbifera&filterRegionIDs[]=6&filterRegionIDs[]=1&filterRegionIDs[]=2&filterRegionIDs[]=3&filterRegionIDs[]=5 "Lachenalia bulbifera"]. African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.