Urceolina

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Urceolina in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Urceolina (Latin, small pitcher, alluding to the pitcher- or urn-shaped flowers). Amaryllidaceae. Bulbous herbs, used both in the greenhouse and for summer and autumn blooming out-of-doors. Scape solid: lvs. flat, ovate, oblong or narrow, contracted to the petiole: fls. in an umbel, numerous, rather long-pedicelled; involucral bracts 2, scarious; perianth erect, finally recurved or pendulous, tube contracted above the ovary, then suddenly dilated, lobes subequal, spreading; ovary 3-celled: caps. ovoid-globose or subpyramidal, 3-angled or nearly 3-lobed.—About 3 species, S. Amer. The species of urceolina are attractive plants and easily grown, flowering every year, but for some reason they are rather scarce. The bulbs are about 3 inches across and during the growing season have one or two leaves. The plants flower in December. After flowering the bulbs may be removed from the warmhouse to the intermediate house and placed in a spot where they will be kept dry. Just before growth begins in the spring, the bulbs should be taken out of the pots and the exhausted soil removed. The bulbs may then be replaced, one bulb in a 5-inch pot, using clean pots, plenty of drainage material and a rich light porous soil. Place the top of the bulb level with the soil. Remove the pots to the stove, and as soon as growth begins water freely. In the fall when the leaves turn yellow, water sparingly and finally withhold water altogether. The flower-scapes appear a few weeks after the leaves disappear. CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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