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January 19, 2007 : Lachenalia liliflora
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Keywords: Hyacinthaceae | Lachenalia liliiflora Jacq. | cultivated
Another African plant today, this time courtesy of sky_view@Flickr from California (original | BPotD Flickr Group Pool). Do have a look at sky_view's other stellar images of flowers! Thank you for sharing.
“Lachenalia liliflora is one of the most beautiful and most endangered bulbs on the planet.” states Adam Harrower of Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in this thorough article on the species. Along with biological details about the plant, Harrower relates a sad story of the destruction of one of the three known remaining wild populations; it involves a bulldozer and a new housing development. Though his story mentions that half of the plants had survived, more recent accounts I've read suggest that all of the plants have since been wiped out. The Wine Estate De Grendel and the Tygerberg Nature Reserve near Capetown now host the two remaining populations.
This species has also been the subject of artist illustrations. I'm fairly certain one of the first appeared in Icones Plantarum Rarorium (published between 1781 and 1793), available online thanks to the Missouri Botanical Garden's Rare Books initiative here. Jean Emmons, a member of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Florilegium Society, likely has one of the most recent illustrations: Lachenalia liliflora (2006).
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at January 19, 2007 12:00 AM
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Posted by: Beverley at January 19, 2007 6:45 AM
Absolutely stunning - never seen this one before - great photo - everything!
Posted by: Eric in SF at January 20, 2007 8:46 PM
Superb photo !!!!!
Posted by: PPL at January 23, 2007 10:12 PM
Entirely exquisite.
Posted by: Emma at January 30, 2008 10:14 PM
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Lachenalia liliflora - Z9 - RHS Index of Garden Plants, Griffiths