Nerine bowdenii

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Read about Nerine bowdenii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Nerine bowdenii, W. Wats. Bulb variable in size, the largest bottle-shaped and 1½ in. diam. and 2 in. long, freely producing offsets: Lvs. ½-1 ft. long and 1 in. or less broad, glossy green, slightly channeled, obtuse: scape nearly cylindrical, 12-18 in. long, bearing a loose 6-12-fld. umbel 9 in. across, the trigonous pedicels 2 in. long; fls. large, rose-pink with keels darker; segms. 2-3 in. long and ½ in. wide, recurved and slightly wavy. Cape Colony. B.M. 8117. G.C. III. 36:365. Gn. 77, p. 570. F.S.R. 3:120.—As grown at Kew, the plants are practically leafless when in fl. Var. pallida, Hort. (N. Veitchii, Hort.), is pale in color (blush-white): fls. 2¼ in. across, with recurved segms. Gn. 75. p. 484. G.M. 54:742. G.C. III. 58:132. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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