Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 7, 2018
Like its close relative, the previously-featured Brunsvigia josephinae, Brunsvigia orientalis is also known as candelabra lily. Other common names for it include: red candelabra flower, king candelabra, chandelier lily, chandelier plant, and sore-eye flower.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 12, 2018
Hybridized by the Brisbane-area plant breeders at Pine Mountain Nursery, Agapanthus ‘PMN06’ is better known by its commercial name, Agapanthus QUEEN MUM™. The goal with the breeding program was to generate an Agapanthus flower with bicoloured blue-and-white tepals.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 9, 2018
Described by one gardener as looking like the world’s most exotic daffodil, this daffodil relative is notable for several reasons.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 28, 2017
A few weeks ago, some of the staff at UBC Botanical Garden had a discussion on the differences between the terms “bulbils” and “bulblets”, so it was timely that Ann sent along this photograph. Most online resources equate the two terms, but if someone wants to make a compelling case that each means something distinctive […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 4, 2017
Haemanthus albiflos is a geophyte endemic to South Africa, from Cape Province to KwaZulu-Natal. There, it can be found in shaded forests and rocky coastal areas, tucked into cliff faces, and in mountainous areas further inland. Haemanthus albiflos is commonly known as paintbrush plant, shaving-brush plant, elephant’s ear and elephant’s tongue.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 15, 2008
Geophyte (geo- or earth and -phyte or plant) is a term used to describe plants with underground storage organs. The term most people commonly use for these underground storage organs is “bulb”, but, scientifically, the terminology is extensive. For example, in Gladiolus, the organs are actually corms, while in Iris, they are typically rhizomes. Brunsvigia […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 8, 2006
Only 131 results in a search on Google for Cyrtanthus epiphyticus–a good indication that this South African plant is poorly known. The epithet epiphyticus suggests it grows on trees (its common name is tree lily), but this plant at UBC does not seem to be that fussy–it grows in well-draining gravel in the alpine garden.
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