Crinum bulbispermum

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Crinum bulbispermum

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Genus:	Crinum
Species:	C. bulbispermum

Binomial name

Crinum bulbispermum
(Burm. f.) Milne-Redhead & Schweickerdt

Synonyms

Amaryllis bulbisperma Burman f., Fl. Indica, 9. 1768 (basionym)
Crinum bulbispermum (Burman f.) Milne-Redhead & Schweickerdt, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 52: 161. 1939.

Crinum bulbispermum is a species of Amaryllidaceae native to South Africa naturalized in southern North America.

1 Description
2 Cultivars and hybrids
3 Cultivation and uses
4 References

[edit] Description

Bulbs large with lorate leaves, 50–88 cm. Scape 40–75 cm. Umbels with 8–13-flowers. Flowers are sickly-sweet scented, usually pink with a deep pink or red midstripe, but can ragne from white to red, funnelform. Flowering in spring and summer. Wet places.

[edit] Cultivars and hybrids

There are some cultivars in cultivation:

'Alba' - pure white flowers.
'Backup Mother' - vigorous. Flowers medium pink with white throat.
'Spotty' - flowers rose-purple with odd random white spots and unpigmented, short stripes. Bred by Hannibal.

The species has also been used in a number of hybrids commonly cultivated.

Crinum ×herbertii G.Don ex Loud. (bulbispermum x scabrum).
Crinum ×powellii hort. ex Baker (bulbispermum x moorei). The most hardy of all Crinum.

[edit] Cultivation and uses

One of the most commonly cultivated species. Grown as an ornamental plant for its beautiful flowers. Best grown in deep soils that receive and hold a lot of water during the growing season. Should be left to grow in the same place without disturbance fro many years. They require full sun. They also make good container plants. Hardy to USDA zone 6 or -10°C if the bulb is protected. Protagated by division or seeds. Seedlings will flower in their third or fourth year.