Albuca setosa (100 seeds)

Albuca setosa (100 seeds)

Family: Hyacinthaceae

Common names: Diktamarak, Thick Slime-Lily

Plants grow from 15-50 cm. Leaves are broad at the base, dark green. The leaves are only slightly fleshy and often dry up in dry weather, sometimes while the plants are flowering. This species has erect flowers on long pedicels, white or yellow with broad green to brownish central stripes with the inner tepals sometimes tipped yellow. There are a lot of tough fibers at the top of the bulb (also described as coarse brown hairs around the base of the plant at ground level.)

Sowing instuctions: Sow seeds in summer in a well drained medium.

Locality: Ex Hort. Harvest: October 2024