Huge African Bulbs

[tweedle2009]

The seller just emailed me these pixConsider the size of bulb to an apple..The biggest are Boophane disticha and the others are ammocharis coranica.The boophanes are 12-14 years old whereas the ammocharis are 8-9 years old mature bulbs.Brunsvigia Bosmaniae will be following soon.They mature at the age of 15 years and might be even bigger than these.

[khabbab]

Great to see some more bulbs from the amaryllis family. I like the flowers of Ammocharis they are just like the flowers of trumpet shaped lycoris. I would appreciate if you mention the species name as well because there is a lot of variation in flower shape and the month of blooming/dormancy within same genus but different species.

[tweedle2009]

They are sold as AMMOCHARIS CORANICA, THE KAROO LILY and BOOPHANE DISTICHA.

I like brunsvigia bosmaiae the most.It's an amazing plant with flowering ball radius upto 2 ft.

[tweedle2009]

Ammocharis Coranica



Boophane Disticha

[Izhar]

Very nice blooming sized bulbs... I am growing the Karoo lily from seed, its now 1.5 years since their germination... they are one of the hardiest plants..

[tweedle2009]

Your kids would definitely enjoy karoo lily blooms ...... I heard they take 8-9 years to mature from seed.

[tweedle2009]

Brunsvigia Bosmaniae - Huge mass of flowers.

[Izhar]

3 years to be precise sir...

that is a WOW pic Adnan...

[tweedle2009]

Ammocharis Coranica you are talking about ?

I ve been in talks with many african bulb exporters and they all say that Ammocharis would take 8 years to bloom frm seed.Only one out of 5 exporters said it needs 6-7 years.There are many bulbs of this specie available for sale aged at 4-5 years and it is mentioned that it'd take another 2-3 yeard to flower.I dnt know if you are talking abt the same Ammocharis Coranica.Some other ammocharis varieties do bloom in 3 years but not ammocharis coranica, otherwise I'd not have paid handful of money for these.3 year old coranica bulbs are sold for 6-10usd.

Yes, it's an amazing site.Just purchased 2 of these ... cost me 10,000 including shipping.They are 13year old FOWERING SIZED bulbs.

[Izhar]

I am right now unable to find the reference in which 3-5 years was mentioned.. they do not go dormant in Karachi and keep growing at a constant rate.. hope they will will bloom early..