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Solenomelus
Solenomelus segethii (Phil.) Kuntze is native from central Chile to southern Argentina. It has violet flowers, an unbranched stem, and narrow tough, fibrous leaves. Height: 30 cm. Photos from...
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Boophone
Boophone haemanthoides F.M.Leight. is found mainly in the west coastal areas of the Western Cape of South Africa, but extends to the Bokkeveld Plateau. These are areas with winter rainfall. Plants grow...
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Camassia
Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S.Watson has two subspecies, the pale creamy-yellow type ssp. leichtlinii and the dark violet-blue ssp. suksdorfii. The type form (in the botanical sense) is in fact...
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Paradisea
Paradisea liliastrum (L.) Bertol. is from the alpine meadows of southern Europe. To grow from seeds, sow in a well-drained medium and keep outside in the autumn through the winter. Seeds will germinate...
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Homeria
Moraea doleritica Goldblatt & J.C.Manning is known only from the Great Karoo where it is restricted to dolerite outcrops. It is 35-45 cm tall with one long linear channeled leaf and fugacious pale...
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Favorite Purple Flowered Bulbs
Colchicum -- is one of my favorite plants, and sometimes they look purple, sort of... Jim Shields in central Indiana, USDA Zone 5.
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Brodiaea Species Two
Brodiaea sierrae R.E.Preston is a diploid species from the Sierra Nevada foothills of California (Butte, Yuba, and Napa counties) where it grows in chaparral, cismontane woodland, and lower montane...
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Favorite White Flowered Bulbs
Crinum'White Queen' -- flowered last year for me and was awesome, Kevin Preuss, Florida.
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Kohleria
Kohleria warszewiczii (Regel) Hanst. is native to Colombia. Height: to about 2 ft. The photos below were taken by J. Schofield.
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Hesperocallis
Hesperocallis undulata A.Gray, commonly known as the Desert Lily, has deep seated, tunicated bulbs, glaucous leaves and straight stout stems. Flowers are large, white with a silver or green midstripe...
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