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Scadoxus puniceus on an arid plain

Scadoxus puniceus on an arid plain
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  • Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae
  • Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae false stem
  • Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae leaves and flowers
  • Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae umbel
  • Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae umbel of fruit
  • Scadoxus puniceus
  • Scadoxus puniceus inflorescence
  • Scadoxus puniceus leaves
  • Scadoxus puniceus on an arid plain
  • Scadoxus puniceus peduncle base
  • Scadoxus puniceus spathe bracts
  • Schizoglossum bidens subsp. atrorubens flower
  • Schizoglossum bidens subsp. bidens
  • Schizoglossum bidens subsp. bidens
  • Schizoglossum hilliardiae
  • Schizoglossum hilliardiae flower
  • Sparaxis elegans

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This group of Scadoxus puniceus plants were seen in flower near the Botswana border, blooming while no leaf stems (pseudostems) were present.

The floral bracts are large and the peduncles are uniformly pale green. Peduncles may sometimes be whitish towards the base.

Rocks do wonders for preventing plant trampling and sometimes destruction by fire, although the rhizomatous cum bulbous part of S. puniceus is usually spared that from being underground.

The plants grow and flower in the open, often better in dappled shade (Duncan, et al, 2016; iNaturalist).

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Judd Kirkel
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Ivan Latti
 
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