... enabling it to survive the harsh desert-like conditions. Ledebouria Ledebouria apertiflora is not difficult to maintain in ... Scilla until 1970, when J.P. Jessop moved it to the genus Ledebouria , re-instating the original name L. apertiflora. ...

... brown seeds. This species is most easily confused with Ledebouria leptophylla from which it differs by the erect, ... known to dig out and eat the bulbs of several species of Ledebouria and large ungulates have been observed to browse ... being deciduous and the bulbs being protected underground. Ledebouria atrobrunnea possesses typical Ledebouria- type ...

... confused with other members of the section Drimiopsis . Ledebouria burkei is characterized by the broad, oval leaves ... is no documented information on the specific ecology of Ledebouria burkei . Porcupines are known to dig out and eat the bulbs of several species of Ledebouria including L. burkei and large ungulates have been ...

... Ryan van Huyssteen is acknowledged for the image of Ledebouria caesiomontana growing in the Soutpansberg, all ... seeds are tiny, wrinkled and dark brown to almost black. Ledebouria caesiomontana occurs in moist forest and forest ... spread by sheet water wash after thunderstorms and rain. Ledebouria Although this species is exceedingly rare in ...

... recorded from the Transkei region in the same province. Ledebouria concolor is a component of semi-arid vegetation ... probably pollinated by many different visiting insects. Ledebouria Ledebouria concolor is easy to maintain in cultivation. It ...

... mature, to release dark brown, glossy and wrinkled seeds. Ledebouria cooperi is a very common and widespread species. ... the dry winter months, when fire is most likely to occur. Ledebouria Ledebouria cooperi is very easy to maintain in cultivation. ...

... the dark brown to blackish glossy and wrinkled seeds. Ledebouria cremnophila occurs in mixed broadleaf woodland ... in cultivation. Venter (1993) suggests that seeds of Ledebouria are distributed by water wash. Ledebouria Ledebouria cremnophila is easily maintained in ...

... known to dig out and eat the bulbs of several species of Ledebouria and large ungulates have been observed to browse ... is black and roundish with a wrinkled glossy seed coat. Ledebouria The striped African hyacinth is easily cultivated, ... ant populations in the area where the plants are grown. Ledebouria davidsoniae is easily propagated from fresh seed ...

... tepals, bearing small, pale yellow anthers at their tips. Ledebouria floribunda is recorded as preferring moist ... documented information about the ecology of this and most Ledebouria species, porcupines are known to dig out and eat the bulbs of several species of Ledebouria and large ungulates have been observed to browse ...

... Sisulu National Botanical Garden July 2011 The genus Ledebouria is a group of bulbous plants with variously ... niches which they occupy. Examples of these include: Ledebouria viscosa which has sticky leaves, causing sand ... excavate and eat the bulbs of several ledebourias. Ledebouria Ledebouria socialis,  which is natural to the ...