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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Hyacinthaceae
|genus=Veltheimia
|species=bracteata
|common_name=Forest lily, Torch lily
|habit=bulbous
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min ht box=16
|Min ht metric=in
|Max ht box=18
|Max ht metric=in
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max wd box=12
|Max wd metric=in
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|water=wet, less when dormant
|water_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=red, blue, pink, white
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=9
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=11.5
|image=Veltheimia bracteata.jpg
|image_width=200
}}
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Veltheimia viridifolia, Jacq. Lvs. oblong-lorate, wavy-margined, finally 1 ft. long: scape mottled with purple: raceme very dense, 3-6 in. long, 25-30-fld.: fls. 1 1/4 – 1 1/2 in. long, yellow or reddish, with greenish tips. L.B.C. 13:1245. B.M. 501 (as Aletris capensis). G.C. III. 49:164. Gn. W. 22:117. G.W. 5, pp. 112, 454.
Veltheimia viridifolia, Jacq. Lvs. oblong-lorate, wavy-margined, finally 1 ft. long: scape mottled with purple: raceme very dense, 3-6 in. long, 25-30-fld.: fls. 1 1/4 – 1 1/2 in. long, yellow or reddish, with greenish tips.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
Dig up dormant bulb to remove and replant offsets. Sow seeds. Mature leaf can be taken from leaf base and planted in sand if kept in mild and even temperature.<ref>Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381</ref>
===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
File:Veltheimia bracteata 1.jpg| photo 1
File:Veltheimia bracteata00.jpg| photo 2
File:Veltheimia bracteata01.jpg| photo 3
</gallery>
==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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