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plant identification

  • 17-08-2011 6:32pm
    #1
    reverenddave
    Registered Users Posts: 805 ✭✭✭


    hey all

    i've got 4 of these funny looking mini-leek type things and cant figure out what it is

    would anyone have an idea id flowered around april-may cant remember what colour flower was tho !!!

    sorry about size

    ant help apreciated


    2011_08_17_175956.jpg


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  • #2
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,018 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    The growth style is like a hippeastrum but in spite of the size of the image (:D) the bulb doesn't really look big enough. Can you give us any clues at all about the flower?


  • #3
    reverenddave
    Registered Users Posts: 805 ✭✭✭reverenddave


    right i just made a phone call to the previous owner :D

    she said
    it was a white flower with a yellow centre coming from the centre of the main pictured plant about 4-5 inches high
    it was kind of hairy or a shaggy looking flower

    the other 3 plants i separated from the main one a couple of weeks ago
    i'm not sure are they suckers or was the plant bought like that

    oh and she bought it off a cactus/succulent specialist

    thats all i know


  • #4
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,018 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    http://www.plantzafrica.com/planthij/haemanalbif.htm

    I think you will find that is it. The hippeastrum guess was kind of on the right lines, its actually of the amaryllis family.

    Looks like an interesting and quite unusual plant.


  • #5
    reverenddave
    Registered Users Posts: 805 ✭✭✭reverenddave


    looksee wrote: »
    http://www.plantzafrica.com/planthij/haemanalbif.htm

    I think you will find that is it. The hippeastrum guess was kind of on the right lines, its actually of the amaryllis family.

    Looks like an interesting and quite unusual plant.


    I found that exact page about 20 minutes ago.
    3 months trying to find the name of this plant :-)

    Thanks for your help looksee

    i think i better get the label maker out at long last

    this wasn't my longest search. had to wait almost a year (for the flower) to identify a type of clematis Or so i taught turned out to be an apparently rare variety of passionflower

    I've got an ??aloe?? aswell just got it off a friend a few days ago ill put up some pics in another thread tomorrow

    Thanks again


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