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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.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Gallery==
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==References==
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*[[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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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.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=5>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
</gallery>
==References==
<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 -->
==External links==
*{{wplink}}
{{stub}}
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