Cyrtanthus flanaganii Baker

Species

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Characteristics

Bulb 3 cm in diameter, extended into a neck up to 11 cm long, budding from the base. Leaves up to 4, contemporary with the flowers, up to 20 cm long or probably more at maturity, 1-2 cm broad, narrowly strap-shaped, somewhat falcate, obtuse. Peduncle about 20 cm long, somewhat compressed. Spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, up to 5 cm long and 1.1 cm broad, white with red veins. Pedicels up to 2.5 cm long, green. Flowers 4-7 in an umbel, suberect; perianth 6-7 cm long, yellow; tube narrowly trumpet-shaped, dilated from 1 mm at the base to 6 mm at the throat, 4-5.5 cm long; lobes oblong, spreading, 1.5 cm long, 8-9 mm broad, the outer three slightly broader than the inner ones. Stamens biseriate, inserted near the mouth of the perianth-tube, included. Style slightly exserted, three-lobed.
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Perennial geophyte, up to ± 0.2 m high. Leaves green at flowering, strap-shaped, 10-25 mm wide, plane, ± thick-textured. Flowers 4-7, suberect; perianth tubular, expanding gradually to throat, 55-70 mm long, yellow, tube 2 or more times longer than segments; inner stamens visible in throat; stigma 3-lobed. Flowering time Oct.-Jan.
Bulbous herb, up to 200 mm high. Leaves up to 4; present at flowering; blade strap-shaped, 100200 x 10-20 mm, apex obtuse. Flowers: in a 4-7-flowered umbel; perianth with tube narrowly trumpet-shaped, 40-55 mm long, lobes oblong, ± 15 mm long, yellow; Sep.-Jan. Fruit a 3-valved capsule.
Bulbous herb, up to 200 mm tall. Bulb 30 mm in diameter. Flowers more than 4 per umbel. Perianth tubular, not constricted at throat; perianth lobes ± 15 mm long. Leaves 10-20 mm broad.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 7-9
Soil texture 7-8
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Images

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Distribution

Cyrtanthus flanaganii world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64215-1
WFO ID wfo-0000764919
COL ID 33L2Z
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cyrtanthus flanaganii