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|species=bracteata
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|common_name=Forest lily, Torch lily
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|habit=bulbous
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|water=wet, less when dormant
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|flowers=red, blue, pink, white
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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.
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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.
 
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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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>
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==Species==
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==Gallery==
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File:Veltheimia bracteata 1.jpg| photo 1
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File:Veltheimia bracteata01.jpg| photo 3
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 17:02, 6 July 2010


Veltheimia bracteata.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Habit   bulbous

Height: ⇕ 16 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 16. to 18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18.
Width: ⇔ 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Bloom: ❀ early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun
Water: ◍ wet, less when dormant
Features: ✓ flowers
USDA Zones: 9 to 11.5
Flower features: ❀ red, blue, pink, white
Scientific Names

Hyacinthaceae >

Veltheimia >

bracteata >



Read about Veltheimia bracteata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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

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.[1]

Pests and diseases

Species

Gallery

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References

External links


  1. ↑ Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
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