« Previous Day: Cardiospermum halicacabum |
Main
| Next Day: Heliconia stricta (tentative) »
Nov 6, 2009: Cypripedium montanum
Nov 7, 2008:
Ranunculus aquatilis
Nov 7, 2007:
Quercus suber
Nov 7, 2006:
Pediomelum esculentum
Nov 7, 2005:
Verbascum eriophorum
October 10, 2007 : Haemanthus albiflos
Interested in subscribing? Visit the main Botany Photo of the Day page and fill out the form in the upper right corner!
Keywords: Amaryllidaceae | Haemanthus albiflos Jacq. | cultivated in California, USA
Another thank you to badthings@Flickr for sharing an image with us (original | BPotD Flickr Group Pool). Do visit the Two Gardens weblog; badthings (aka MMW) is the primary writer and photographer. Plenty of colourful images and some handy book reviews are mixed in with the erudite garden blogging.
Since I have a soft spot for South African bulbs, here's another. Haemanthus albiflos is commonly known as paint brush (though it is of course not the Indian paintbrush or Castilleja spp. of the Americas and northeast Asia). Note that in the linked page re: South African bulbs, a second species of Haemanthus is shown, Haemanthus coccineus. The scarlet-red flowers of Haemanthus coccineus helped earn the genus its name, which translates to “blood flower” – one imagines that if Haemanthus albiflos had been used to name the genus, it would not have been named as such.
Graham Duncan wrote an extensive article on Haemanthus and their cultivation, describing Haemanthus albiflos as “highly variable, evergreen and virtually indestructible”. The South African National Biodiversity Institute has an article specifically on Haemanthus albiflos, while Wikipedia provides summaries (and extra photographs and colour plates): Haemanthus and Haemanthus albiflos.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at October 10, 2007 6:23 AM
Read recent comments on all BPotD Entries
Comments
Posted by: Beverley at October 10, 2007 8:07 AM
Thanks Daniel!
This plant is EASY in deep shade (easy to grow, hard to photograph), with just a little supplemental summer water in coastal Northern California.
Posted by: max at October 10, 2007 10:25 AM
lovely image thank you
Posted by: elizabeth a airhart at October 10, 2007 4:16 PM
How interesting. Today I brought a Amarylllis called, Amaryllis Minerva and it was a bargin. A good heavy and strong feeling bulb. I will plant it this weekend. I really enjoyed seeing the lovely and different to me bulb in bloom. This ia a nice photograph.
Thank you,
Margaret-Rae
Posted by: Margaret-Rae Davis at October 10, 2007 5:23 PM
Stunningly beautiful! Thanks.
W.G.
Posted by: Waddie Greywolf at October 10, 2007 9:25 PM
Hello All! Because this is a white flower in a predominately red-flowered genus called "Blood Lily" I have christened this one the "Haemophilia Lily", not very politcally-correct, I know. It does very well in my garden in South Australia.
Regards, Don.
Posted by: Don Fenton at October 12, 2008 1:33 AM
Please share your comments about the photograph(s) and accompanying write-up. Telling a story about the subject of the photograph(s) is also much appreciated! If you have a gardening question, the best place to ask is on the UBC Botanical Garden Forums. Thank you!
Post a comment
XML Feeds: Atom | RSS 2.0 | RSS 1.0 | What is RSS? | RSS Tools
Botany Photo of the Day and all associated images are licensed under a Creative Commons License except when otherwise specified in the accompanying written entry.
About Botany Photo of the Day | Submit Your Photos via Flickr | Submit Your Photos via UBCBG's Discussion Forums
Botany Photo of the Day is a project of the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research, located in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada. UBC BGCPR is a department of the Faculty of Land and Food Systems within The University of British Columbia.
Haemanthus albiflos - Z9 - RHS Index of Garden Plants, Griffiths
Haemanthus albiflos - minimum 10 degrees C/50 degrees F - A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Brickell, Cole, Zuk