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Origin:
South Africa
Description:
Synonym: Albuca circinata
Family: Hyacinthaceae
Winter-growing bulb with deciduous curly, non-glandular, pubescent leaves. Produces a long bloom stalk with yellow-green flowers in the spring
Habitat:
Found throughout northern South Africa and southern Namibia growing on sandstone cliffs.
Cultivation:
Plants should be grown in a well draining mostly in organic mix, heavily amended with horticultural pumice. Can be watered every other week throughout the year, however it prefers going completely dormant in the summer (no water in summer). Plants do well outside in pots, or in a landscape with highly inorganic, well draining soil.
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