| Author: |
Anna Amelia Obermeyer,
1980 |
| Family: |
AMARYLLIDACEAE |
| Origin: |
Namibia, South
Africa |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Minimum |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
10
Centimetres |
| Height: |
20
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Klingia
namaquensis. Schonl.
Gethyllis angelicae, Dinter & G.M.Schulze. |
This member of the Amaryllidaceae family was given this name by Anna
Amelia Obermeyer in 1980. It is from southern Namibia and western South Africa, growing in well drained
soil, during the winter. Some water and lots of sun. The caudex
grows to ten centimetres, the entire plant reaches 20 centimetres. The
flowers are white.
The genera name from Greek gethyon,
'bulb'. The species after the area it is found in: Namaqua
desert.
This is a winter grower.
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