Doryanthes

Plant Characteristics

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Scientific Names

Read about Doryanthes in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Doryanthes (Greek, spear-flower; the flowering stem 8 to 25 feet high, crowned by a spike of flowers 3 feet high). Amaryllidaceae. Great desert plants from Australia, with 100 or more leaves 6 feet long when full grown, being impressive for large conservatories, or for open ground in the South, where they will stand slight frost. The representative in Austral, of the American Furcraea and Agave: lvs. in a dense basal rosette, those on the st. much reduced: fls. large, bright red (often replaced by bulblets), in a large thyrse- like or panicled infl.; perianth with little or no tube, the segms. long and falcate; stamens 6, attached at base of perianth, the filaments filiform: fr. a turbinate caps., 3-valved. —Three or 4 species. Little known under glass, as they require too much room. A plant of D. Palmeri remained at Kew 16 years before flowering. Plants of doryanthes are prop. by suckers, which are produced only after flowering. The process is very slow. The young plants must be repotted for several years until they have attained a large size. They are said to do best in a compost of loam and leaf-mold in equal parts. D. Guilfoylei, F. M. Bailey, Queensland-lily, is a large and fine species from N. Queensland, perhaps a form of D. Palmeri: Ivs. 9 ft. long, over 8 in. wide: fls. rich crimson, 4 in. long. It yields a good fiber. On. 44. p. 69. G.C. III. 45:383. Wilhelm Miller. L. H. B. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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