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Albuca bracteata

Albuca bracteata
Common names: pregnant onion, false sea onion, sea-onion (Eng.); witui (Afr.); umababaza (isiZulu); masxabana (isiXhosa)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... diameter. Seeds are oblong with dimensions of 4 x 1.5 mm. Albuca bracteata is a subtropical terrestrial plant that ... other species have been shown to be poisonous when eaten. Albuca bracteata is a cryptophyte, the leaves will die back ... they produce more leaves that are larger and firmer. Albuca Albuca bracteata can be grown by both vegetative and ...

11 / 03 / 2024 | Mlondi Sikhosana | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Albuca heydenrychii

Albuca heydenrychii
Common names: yellow cliff-albuca (Eng.); krans-slymstok (Afr.)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... and transparent. Figure 2.  Close-up of the bulb of  Albuca heydenrychii  on a sandstone cliff. The inflorescence ... half lunar in shape. Flowering time is in summer.  Albuca heydenrychii is only known from south-facing cliffs of ... , Coleus calycina and Streptocarpus cyaneus . Figure 3. Albuca heydenrychii in habitat with Reuben Heydenrych who ...

27 / 07 / 2020 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Albuca deaconii

Albuca deaconii
Common names: yellow cliff albuca (Eng.); krans-slymstok (Afr.)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... with 3 lobes. The capsule is oblong, about 18×9 mm. Albuca deaconii flowers mainly in late spring (October and ... mm per annum. The vegetation of the habitat of Albuca deaconii consists mainly of Amatole Mountain Grassland ... which enables the plants to cope during dry periods. Albuca Albuca deaconii is easily grown in containers. It can ...

14 / 03 / 2019 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Albuca lebaensis

Albuca lebaensis inflorescence.
Common names: Leba cliff albuca (Eng.); lebakransbol (Afr.)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... angular, about 4 × 2 mm, black, with a shiny surface. Albuca lebaensis flowers in winter (June–August) and during ... Seeds are dispersed by wind in spring (September onwards). Albuca lebaensis is known only from the vertical sandstone ... updrafts, scattering the seeds on the cliff. The leaves of Albuca lebaense are semi-fleshy, spirally curved, grey-green ...

29 / 01 / 2018 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Albuca nelsonii

Flowers of Albuca nelsonii. (Alice Notten)
Common names: candelabrum lily, Nelson's slime lily (Eng.), slymstok (Afr.), intelezi (Xhosa), umaphipha-intelezi (Zulu)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... 30-170 m. Little is known about the pollination biology of Albuca nelsonii. Honey bees, carpenter bees and various ... beetles are seen visiting the flowers at Kirstenbosch. Albuca Albuca nelsonii is grown from offsets from the mother plant ...

12 / 10 / 2007 | Giles Mbambezeli | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Albuca batteniana

Albuca batteniana
Common names: Wild Coast Albuca
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... There is little knowledge about the pollination biology of Albuca batteniana . Albuca A porous soil mix with a high sand content is appropriate to grow Albuca batteniana. Two parts of industrial sand to one part ...

08 / 08 / 2005 | Giles Mbambezeli | Kirstenbosch NBG
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