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Winter photo by Alan Horstmann, Ispotnature.org.


Spring photo by Alan Horstmann, Ispotnature.org.


The bulb - although a bit dry..

Author: Franz Speta, 2001
Family:  HYACINTHACEAE*
Origin:  Namibia, SW South Africa
Soil:  Grit - Mix
Water:  Minimum - Medium
Sun:  Maximum
Thickness:  3,5 Centimetres
Height:  7 (20) Centimetres
Flower:  Yellow / Greenish
Propagate:  Seeds/Bulbs
Names:  -
Synonyms:  Albuca concordiana, John Gilbert Baker, 1903.
Ornithogalum concordianum
, Ute & Dietrich Müller-Doblies, 1996.
Albuca aperta, I.Verd.
Albuca pruinosa, Dinter
Ornithogalum apertum, Oberm.
Ornithogalum concordianum, U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies

This member of the Hyacinthaceae family was given this name by Franz Speta in 2001. It is found in south western South Africa and Namibia, growing in a well drained soil with little water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 3,5 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to seven centimetres in height, 20 with the inflorescence. The flowers are bright yellow with a greenish stripe.

The genera name from From Old French coillon 'testicle'. The species is named after the location it first was found; Concordia.

*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae is now part of the Asparagaceae.

This is a winter-grower.