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A strange little Amaryllid, quite closely related to Nerine. Not as easy to grow in my experience. Writing for Juniper Level Botanic Garden, ony Avent says: "Flowering in the crevice garden in early November is the little-known South African bulb, Strumaria discifera ssp. bulbifera. These hail from the winter wet/dry summer region of the Western Cape, and have been right at home in the ground here since 2018. Okay, so it’s not as flashy as a tulip of daffodil, but to quote Abraham Lincoln, “for people who like that kind of thing, I think that is just about the kind of thing they’d like.”. " Graham Duncan says: "The subsp. bulbifera is conmfined to the Koebee escarpment near Vanrhynsdorp and the Bokkeveld escarpment at Nioeuwoudtville (Snijman 1994). The plants occur on slopes of esposed dolerite ridges, in red, loamy clay soils derived from Dwyka tillite and delerite. The strongly offset-forming bulbs occur in dense colonies, in association with low growing succulents. In common with subsp. discifera, flower buds emerge first, followed by the leaves during the fruiting stage. The leaves grow during the winter months and die back in spring, the bulbs undergoing a completely dormant summer. Near Threatened, due to potential loss of habitat from crop cultivation and infestation by alien plants..." |
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| 3rd October 2015 | ||
