Boöphone disticha ex East Cape 'evergreen frilly form'
This bulb has grown very well for me in Honolulu. It is truly evergreen and has only gone dormant when I have forced it to by letting it dry out completely. Undulation of its leaf margins (frilliness) is dependent on light intensity. At the second place I lived in Mānoa Valley (where this picture was taken) it was a sunny location with very few trees and rather dependable sunlight, and thus it began to produce extremely undulate leaves. The third place I lived at in the valley had many tall trees, frequent rainfall and cloud cover. Because of this the leaves returned to emerging relatively flat. This picture shows how the undulation has ebbed after 5 months in a shadier location.
I imported this bulb from Penroc in South Africa as:
'Boophone disticha East Cape 'evergreen frilly form'.
B. disticha is a wide-spread species native to vast areas of Africa (get ready): Burundi, Rwanda, DRC, Sudan, Kenya, Tanania, Uganda, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa.
Ethnobotanical uses include extraction of poison for arrows, treating pain and wounds, application to boils and abscesses. Fresh leaves have been used to stop the bleeding of wounds and the Khoisan successfully mummified the dead using Boophone leaves. (Scroll down to "Mummy Post-Script")
Boöphone disticha ex East Cape 'evergreen frilly form'
This bulb has grown very well for me in Honolulu. It is truly evergreen and has only gone dormant when I have forced it to by letting it dry out completely. Undulation of its leaf margins (frilliness) is dependent on light intensity. At the second place I lived in Mānoa Valley (where this picture was taken) it was a sunny location with very few trees and rather dependable sunlight, and thus it began to produce extremely undulate leaves. The third place I lived at in the valley had many tall trees, frequent rainfall and cloud cover. Because of this the leaves returned to emerging relatively flat. This picture shows how the undulation has ebbed after 5 months in a shadier location.
I imported this bulb from Penroc in South Africa as:
'Boophone disticha East Cape 'evergreen frilly form'.
B. disticha is a wide-spread species native to vast areas of Africa (get ready): Burundi, Rwanda, DRC, Sudan, Kenya, Tanania, Uganda, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa.
Ethnobotanical uses include extraction of poison for arrows, treating pain and wounds, application to boils and abscesses. Fresh leaves have been used to stop the bleeding of wounds and the Khoisan successfully mummified the dead using Boophone leaves. (Scroll down to "Mummy Post-Script")