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A really delightful species, in a pot here it is evergreen, and as soon as it is really soaked in summer
it starts to produce flowers, and continues for months and months. Quite charming! Plant Delights say: "Zephyranthes flavissima is a South American rain lily that's one of those can't-miss plants for the blackest of thumbs. The semi-evergreen clump of rounded, needle-thin, glossy green foliage makes a small clump to 1' wide. Beginning in early summer and continuing into early fall, Zephyranthes flavissima is topped with beautiful 1" wide, golden star-shaped flowers...great en masse or as a feature in the rock garden. Zephyranthes flavissima naturally grows in a riverine (along a river) environment, so it performs best in moist or regular acidic garden soil...this one does not like alkalinity." The Pacific Bulb Society say: "Zephyranthes flavissima Ravenna is native to southern Brazil to northeastern Argentina. The flowers are bright yellow, much resembling Z. citrina. Zephyranthes flavissima has 14 chromosomes, which serves to differentiate it from Z. citrina (see Z. citrina entry above). It is almost impossible to tell these two species apart from the images posted on the web. Alberto Castillo provided some key characteristics: Morphologically, Z. flavissima with leaves that grow in fountain fashion and the bulbs that are strongly offsetting rapidly forming a lawn. The leaves are a fresh green, shining, not dull (as in Z. citrina). The flowers have a canary yellow, and not as deep of a yellow as Z. citrina. The tepals are evidently subequal, that is the three outer are not exactly like the three inner as in Z. citrina. In cultivation, when enough water is provided in summer, the plants will remain evergreen without losing their leaves. Height: about 30 cm." |
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| 24th September 2009 | ||
