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'''''Nerine bowdenii''''' is a [[species]] of [[perennial]] plant. The [[common names]] of the species are '''Cape Flower''', '''Guernsey Lily''', and '''Japanese Spider Lily'''. The species were first brought to the [[United Kingdom]] from [[South Africa]] by Cornish Bowden in 1903. The species gets its name from Cornish Bowden.<ref name="how">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/3344719/How-to-grow-Nerine-bowdenii.html |title=How to grow: Nerine bowdenii |accessdate=2010-02-09 |last=Rees |first=Alun |date=2007-09-28 |work=The Telegraph }}</ref> ==Description== The plants are {{convert|36|to|51|cm}} tall and the bulbs are {{convert|12|to|14|cm|link=yes}} in [[circumference]].<ref name="Technical"> {{cite web|url=http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/bulbs-perennial/Nerinbo.htm |title=Nerine bowdenii |accessdate=2010-02-08 |publisher=Holland Technical Service Bulletin }}</ref> The [[blossoms]] are pink and resemble finely cut [[lily|lilies]]. The species grow best in heat and well-drained [[soil]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Easton | first = Valorie | authorlink = | coauthors = Hartlage, Richard | title = Plant Life: Growing a Garden in the Pacific Northwest | publisher = Sasquatch Books | date = 2002 | location = | pages = 199 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=lva7GoINTncC&pg=PA199&dq=Nerine+bowdenii&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Nerine%20bowdenii&f=false | doi = | id = | isbn = 9781570613050 }}</ref> The plant has anywhere from eight or more flowers that have a faint scent.<ref>{{cite book | last = Will | first = Giles | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Encyclopedia of exotic plants for temperate climates | publisher = Timber Press | date = 2007 | location = | pages = 134 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=Bep5O7D0U34C&pg=PA135&dq=Nerine+bowdenii&lr=&cd=74#v=onepage&q=Nerine%20bowdenii&f=false | doi = | id = | isbn = 9780881927856 }}</ref> The tips of the flowers are frilly and the leaves are strap-shaped. The leaves do not appear until spring. Because of this, the species can tolerate lower temperatures than most species in the genus.<ref>{{cite book | last = Burke | first = Don | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The complete Burke's backyard: the ultimate book of fact sheets | publisher = Murdoch Books | date = 2005 | location = | pages = 231 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=MMMjW6AuzHAC&pg=RA2-PA231&dq=Nerine+bowdenii&lr=&cd=14#v=onepage&q=Nerine%20bowdenii&f=false | doi = | id = | isbn = 9781740457392 }}</ref> [[Bloom]]ing occurs in July and is able to tolerate [[drought]].<ref name="Technical"> {{cite web|url=http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/bulbs-perennial/Nerinbo.htm |title=Nerine bowdenii |accessdate=2010-02-08 |publisher=Holland Technical Service Bulletin }}</ref> The [[stem]] is {{convert|46|cm}} tall.<ref>{{cite book | last = Susan | first = Chivers | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Planting for Color | publisher = David & Charles | date = 2005 | location = | pages = 167 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=O-iUBeq_YiEC&pg=PT166&dq=Nerine+bowdenii&lr=&cd=73#v=onepage&q=Nerine%20bowdenii&f=false | doi = | id = | isbn = 9780881927856 }}</ref> The plants need to be planted where they cannot be disturbed for several years except for watering and bloom best when they are crowded. While the species is grown best in heat, it will not tolerate [[tropics|tropical]] or very humid weather.<ref>{{cite book | last = Urquhart | first = Paul | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Growing Bulbs | publisher = Murdoch Books | date = 2004 | location = | pages = 225 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=6mEl-QbOan4C&pg=PA225&dq=Nerine+bowdenii&lr=&cd=27#v=onepage&q=Nerine%20bowdenii&f=false | doi = | id = | isbn = 9781740455206 }}</ref> Plants of this species should not be moved after they are planted. They should be planted in the spring.<ref>{{cite book | last = Raven | first = Sarah | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The bold and brilliant garden | publisher = frances lincoln ltd | date = 2001 | location = | pages = 151 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=alLp_vhefWIC&pg=PA151&dq=Nerine+bowdenii&lr=&cd=57#v=onepage&q=Nerine%20bowdenii&f=false | doi = | id = | isbn = 9780711217522 }}</ref> The species is able to survive the winter. For many years, it was thought that the species is originally from [[Japan]], but it is originally from [[South Africa]], especially in the [[Drakensberg Mountains]]. {{Inc| Nerine bowdenii, W. Wats. Bulb variable in size, the largest bottle-shaped and 1½ in. diam. and 2 in. long, freely producing offsets: Lvs. ½-1 ft. long and 1 in. or less broad, glossy green, slightly channeled, obtuse: scape nearly cylindrical, 12-18 in. long, bearing a loose 6-12-fld. umbel 9 in. across, the trigonous pedicels 2 in. long; fls. large, rose-pink with keels darker; segms. 2-3 in. long and ½ in. wide, recurved and slightly wavy. Cape Colony.—As grown at Kew, the plants are practically leafless when in fl. Var. pallida, Hort. (N. Veitchii, Hort.), is pale in color (blush-white): fls. 2¼ in. across, with recurved segms. }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== The [[plant virus]], [[vallota mosaic virus]] has been found to infect ''Nerine bowdenii'' and other members of the ''Nerine'' genus in the UK.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Monger|first=W. A. |coauthors=R. A. Mumford|date=18 July 2008|title=Vallota mosaic virus infecting nerine in the UK|journal=Plant Pathology |volume=57|issue=4|pages=768|url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120835345/abstract}}</ref> ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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