Haemodorum

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Haemodorum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Haemodorum (blood-gift, a fanciful name). Hannodoraee.3e, which is closely allied to Amaryllidaceae. Nearly 20 Australian perennial herbs, with sheathing equitant lvs. and different colors of fls. in heads, cymes or spikes, a few of which have been mentioned abroad as greenhouse subjects. Plant with a thickened bulb-like base: perianth persistent, with 6 deep segms.; stamens 3, attached at the base of the inner segms.; ovary nearly or quite inferior, but the caps, becoming nearly or half superior. They are erect plants with fls. black, red, purplish, yellow, or livid green, usually fragrant. Prop, by division. H. terelifolium, R. Br. St. 2-3 ft.: lvs. very long and slender, terete or nearly so: fls. very numerous in a rather dense or compact panicle, greenish purple. H. planifolium, R. Br. St. 2-3 ft., scarcely branching below: lower lvs. flat and grass- like, to ¼ in. broad: fls. many, in a compact panicle, greenish purple. L H. B. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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