Gloriosa superba
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Read about Gloriosa superba in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Gloriosa superba, Linn. Climbing Lily. Fig. 1654. St. 5-10 ft. high: lvs. ovate-lanceolate: segms. 2-3 in. long and less than an inch wide, opening yellow, but changing to yellow-red and deep scarlet. Afr., Asia. B.R. 77. Gn. 38:576. B.H. 23:121. G.L. 18:277.—A yellow-fld. form of unknown origin has been described as G. lutea, Hort; it is scarcely known outside of Kew. Var. grandiflora, Hort., is advertised as "color a yellow-red, changing to deep scarlet;" it is unknown in the wild state. Gloriosa simplex, Linn. (G. virescens, Lindl. G. plantii, Loud.). Fls. opening yellow, and remaining so in shade, but becoming deep yellow-red when exposed to the sun; wider than in G. superba, barely undulate and wavy, and not prolonged or hooked at the end as in the latter species. Afr. B.M. 2539. G. 26:556. Var. grandifldra, Nichols. (Methonica grandiflora, Hook.), has fls. 8 in. across. B.M. 5216. G. 27:477. Gloriosa rothschildiana, O'Brien. St. climbing, simple at first, afterward branched: lvs. bright green, glabrous, oblong-acuminate, alternate or opposite: fls. solitary in the axils, or peduncles 3-4 in. long, abruptly curved near the ovary; perianth-Begins, oblong-lanceolate, recurved, over 3 ½ in. long, crimson,'with a dark purple mark near the base. Trop. Afr.— One of the best species. G.C. III. 33:323. G.M. 47:377. Gn. 65, p. 451. G.W. 9, p. 112; 13, p. 535. R.B. 34:339. F.S.R. 2:248. Var. citrina, Hort., has fls. citron-yellow and claret-purple. It is a splendid showy addition. G.C. 111.38:211.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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