Haemanthus albiflosJacq .
Paint Brush , White Paint Brush , White Blood Lily , Shaving Brush Plant , mottled Snowbrush
Haemanthus virescensvar.albiflos , Leucodesmis albiflos
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Family : AmaryllidaceaeSubfamily : AmaryllidoideaeGenus : Haemanthus
The specific epithet " albiflos " ( say AL - bih - flos ) means " having white-hot blossom " and refers to the flower vividness of this species , which is blank , since most species in the genus , as the generic name imply , are red .
genus Haemanthus albiflosis native toSouth Africa . It is widespread along the easterly coastal belt ammunition from Still Bay in the Western Cape to the Zululand region of KwaZulu - Natal in the Frederick North , extending inland as far as Graaff - Reinet and Queenstown in the Eastern Cape .
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Haemanthus albiflosis an evergreen bulb-shaped plant with up to three couplet of leaves that can be erect , recurve , or flat on the ground , with the two most recent appearing before the inflorescence . The bulb is ovoid and grows solitary or in bunch , reaching a diam of up to 3.2 inches ( 8 cm ) . The leaves are clapper - mold , vapid or transmit , commonly with cilate margins , and can value up to 20 inches ( 50 cm ) tenacious and 4.6 inches ( 11.5 cm ) wide . They are light green , sometimes with whitened spots .
In belated spill and wintertime , Haemanthus albiflosproduces a compact umbel on top of erect or reflexed stem that can develop up to 14 inch ( 35 cm ) long and 0.6 inch ( 1.5 centimetre ) in diameter . The umbel can reach a diameter of 2.8 inches ( 7 cm ) and comprises 25 to 50 small , white flowers with extended white stamens holding jaundiced anthers . The yield are ovoid , pulpy Chuck Berry ranging from ashen to orange or red . They can grow about 0.4 inches ( 1 cm ) in diameter .
USDA hardiness zones10a to 11b : from 30 ° F ( −1.1 ° C ) to 45 ° F ( +7.2 ° C ) .
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Haemanthusalbiflosis nonsuch for a suspect rock garden or for hard office of the garden receive short spark , where it can procreate for many years .
Once build , it requires a mottled tint position and likes to remain undisturbed for many year . The soil must be well aerated . A suggested medium is equal parts of well - molder compost , coarse river sand , and loam . Plant the greenish bulbs with the upper one-half exposed and the chummy sarcoid roots open horizontally over the soil .
It also makes an excellent subject for charge plate or terracotta container , and these need not be deep as the roots naturally spread out horizontally . Pots ofHaemanthusalbifloscan be grown very successfully on a shady veranda . This plant is also suitable as an indoor industrial plant , where it should be placed in a position that receives dappled light but not direct sunlight . This plant life like to become pot - bound , and mature bulbs bloom reliably each year and only necessitate to be divided every 7 or 8 years when florescence operation lessen . However , Haemanthusalbiflosis not brave and must be grown under a cool glasshouse ’s protection house in res publica with very cold wintertime condition .
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Haemanthusalbifloscan be propagated by seminal fluid and separating counterbalance from thickheaded thud . ejaculate are sown once the ripe Chuck Berry have become soft and turned orange or red from the end of winter to former summer . Offset bulb are best branch from thick clumps in early spring as temperatures rise , check each offset has a good supply of roots .
Haemanthusalbiflosis not often attacked by pest or diseases , but the leaves are sometimes invaded by the Dreaded Lily Borer , also known as the Amaryllis Caterpillar .
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