Blumenbachia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

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Read about Blumenbachia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Blumenbachia (after Dr. J. F. Blumenbach, professor at Gottingen, 1752-1840). Loasaceae. S. American plants allied to Loasa and Mentzelia (prairie lilies), not cult, in Amer. because of their covering of stinging hairs. The fls. are odd and pretty, axillary, solitary and bracteate: Lvs. opposite, lobed. The garden forms are mostly treated as tender annuals. Prop, by seeds, to be sown in pots in spring. Transplant only when danger from frost is over. B. chuquitensis. Hook. f. Lvs. 8-10 in. long: fla. 1½-2 in. long, brick-red, tipped yellow without, and yellow within; petals 5-10, boat-shaped. Peru, Ecuador. F.S. 22:2358. B.M. 6143.—B. coronato, Haage & Schmidt. 1H ft.: Lvs. narrow, bi-pinnatifid: fls. half hidden by the Lvs., 2 in. diam., pure white. 1:11 1874, B58. P.M. 1874. 139.—B. grandiflora, Don (B. contorts, Hook. f. B.M. 6134). Lvs. 4-6 in. long: fls. 1½-2 in. long, wholly red; scales ¼ in. long, cup-shaped, green; stamens in 5 bundles, with long filaments. Peru. B. insignis. Schrad. St. climbing, 4-sided: petals white, unguiculate. B.M. 2865.—B. lateritia. Brit. (Cajophora lateritia. Benth.) Lvs. pinnate, with roundish lobed lfts: fl.- stalks, twin, single-fld.: fls. orange-red. S. Amer. B.M. 3632. B.R.24.22. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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