Acidanthera bicolor
Read about Acidanthera bicolor in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Acidanthera bicolor, Hochst. Fig. 108. St. 15-18 in.: fls. creamy white, blotched chocolate-brown within, fragrant: corms 1/2-1 in. diam. Abyssinia. G.F. 1:486, 487 (adapted in Fig. 108). Gn. 47:343. G.C. III. 20:393. Mn. 8:11.—Requires a somewhat stiffer soil than the tender species of gladiolus. May be grown in a tub outdoors during summer, and flowered within during Oct. Several corms in a large pot give good results. Corms should be dried as soon as lifted, to prevent rot. A. aequinoctialis. Baker. St. 3;4 ft., stout, stiffly erect: Lvs, strongly ribbed: fls. about 6 in a distichous spike, the tube 5-6 in. long, white, blotched crimson or purple within: corms large. Sierra Leone. B.M. 7393. May be a stronger-growing and more tropical form of the above. Requires warmhouse culture.—A. Candida, Rendle. A slender, erect, leafy herb: fls. white, very sweet-scented. Trop. E. Afr. B.M. 7879. N. Taylor.
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