Crinum moorei Hook.F.

Crinole (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Crinum

Characteristics

Bulb subglobose, varying in size, up to 19 cm diam., narrowing abruptly into a long stem-like neck, 30-120 cm high, multiplying prolifically from the base. Leaves from the top of the false stem, ensiform, narrowing towards apex and base, about 65-150 cm long and 6-12 cm broad, parallel veins obvious and the midrib thickened on the lower surface, margins slightly undulate, smooth. Peduncle about 70 cm long or longer, somewhat flattened 1.5-3 cm broad. Spathe-valves 5-12 cm long, 1.5-3 cm broad at base, narrowing towards apex; bracteoles narrowly linear. Umbel 5-10-flowered. Pedicels 1-8 cm long. Perianth with a long greenish cylindric tube, widening slightly at the apex, 8-10 cm long, erect at first, becoming cernuous as the flower matures; segments white, usually suffused with pink (but without a deep red keel) subspreading or forming a rather wide funnel, oblong-elliptic, about 8-10 cm long, 2.4-4 cm broad, the inner slightly broader than the outer, peaked apex green, 3-6 mm long. Filaments declinate, tinged pink or red in the upper portion. Style red towards the apex. Fruit not beaked.
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Perennial geophyte, up to 0.3-1.6 m high. Leaves sheathing at base, forming a false stem up to 1.2 m tall, blades 60-120 mm wide, pale green, midrib prominent, margins smooth. Flowers 5-10, in a lax cluster, zygomorphic, widely funnel-shaped; perianth tube curved, 80-100 mm long, segments 80-100 mm long, white to delicate pink, without a dark keel, heavily scented. Flowering time Nov.-Mar. Fruit subglobose, lacking a beak.
Umbel 6-12-flowered; perigone pinkish.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 1.1
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Flower color
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JanFebMar
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OctNovDec
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) -12
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Images

Flower

Crinum moorei flower picture by bobsterhopster (cc-by-sa)
Crinum moorei flower picture by González Rodríguez Juan Carlos (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Crinum moorei world distribution map, present in Australia, Ecuador, Nauru, Peru, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:63990-1
WFO ID wfo-0000764603
COL ID ZGR2
BDTFX ID 4044
INPN ID 93180
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Crinum colensoi Crinum mackenii Crinum makoyanum Crinum moorei Crinum natalense Crinum schmidtii Hippeastrum ugentii Crinum ugentii Crinum imbricatum Amaryllis moorei