Cyanella

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cyanella in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cyanella (from the blue color). Amaryllidaceae; it has been referred to Liliaceae and also to Haemodoraceae. A half-dozen or less small bulbs from S. Afr., sometimes grown in the way of ixias. Plants with rhizomes or tunicate corms, radical or basal lanceolate or linear lvs., and simple or rarely branched sts.: fls. violet, rose, yellow or white, solitary or racemed-paniculate; perianth-tube 0, the segms. distinct or very nearly so; stamens 6, attached to base of segms., all perfect, often dimorphous fr. a loculicidal 3-angled caps., on bractless pedicel. The cyanellas are summer- and fall-flowering bulbs with us. The following are the kinds likely to be found: C. capensis, Linn. Lvs. lanceolate, undulate: st. panicled, leafy, 1 ft.: fl. purple. B.M. 568. C. Iutea, Linn. f. (C. odoratissima, Lindl.). Less branched: lvs. linear-lanceolate, acuminate, not undulate: fls. rose, changing to yellow. B.R. 1111. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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