Drimia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Drimia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Drimia (name refers to the acridity of the roots). Liliaceae. Bulbous S. African and Trop. African plants of the Scilla tribe, with gamophyllous perianth and a campanulate tube, the segms. linear-oblong and reflexing: stamens 6, shorter than the segms., and inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube; ovary sessile, ovoid, 3-celled, becoming a loculicidally 3-valved membranous caps.:lvs. either broad and rather fleshy or narrow and rigid, often appearing at a different season from the bloom: fls. on a naked peduncle or scape, in a simple raceme.—About 30 species, none of which appears to be regularly in cult. D. oligosperma, C. H. Wright. Probably from S. Afr., and very recently described: fl.-clusters over 6 ft. high, much Dranched, the beautiful white fls. with 3 green nerves on the oblanceolate spreading petals opening late in the afternoon: bulb elliptic, 6 in. long: lvs. 12-14, rosulate, 1½ ft. long, linear-acuminate, glabrous. Likely to come into commercial cult. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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