Boophone Flower. However it is the decorative foliage that attracts most growers. Rare plants boophone disticha flower boophone disticha flower september 4 2018 bob leave a comment no comments yet.
However it is the decorative foliage that attracts most growers. Disticha the leaves are upright but in haemanthoides they are twisted spirally. With a distinctive woody caudex forming over time the foliage grows from the top creating a somewhat prehistoric looking plant.
Flower head of boophone haemanthoides subsp.
This is the first flowering or my rare south african bulb boophone disticha more information below i invite you to join in our collaborative growi. These wonderful plants will flower paintbrush like flowers that appear before the foliage. The name sore eye flower refers to the fact that exposure to the open flowers in a confined space may lead to sore eyes and even to a headache. Flower color varies within each species from pink to deep red.
