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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
GLORIOSA (SUPERBA) ROTHSCHILDIANA IS A CLIMBING MEMBER OF THE LILY FAMILY WHICH ARE NATIVES OF SOUTH AFRICA. THESE BULBS ARE ALSO A VINE THAT CLIMBS BY MEANS OF TENDRILS AT THE TIPS OF THEIR LEAVES.
GLORIOSA IS ONE OF THE MOST DELICATE AND BEAUTIFULLY FLOWERING PLANTS YOU WILL EVER COME ACROSS. THEIR UNUSUAL AND EXOTIC FLOWERS HAVE BEEN FEATURED ON US POSTAGE STAMPS. THEY MAKE AN OUTSTANDING CUT FLOWER IN ARRANGEMENTS AND THE CONFIGURATION OF THEIR STAMENS AND PISTIL HAS BEEN COMPARED TO A CLOCK AND A MINUTE HAND.
THESE STRANGE AND EXOTIC LOOKING LILY-LIKE FLOWERS ARE 4-5 INCHES ACROSS WITH WAVY-EDGED PETALS THAT ARE REFLEXED BACK AS IF BLOWN BY A STRONG WIND, IN BUD, THE PETALS FACE DOWNWARD, BUT THEY OPEN UP TO A BACKWARD ARCH. THESE WAVY, SWEPT-BACK PETALS ARE CRIMSON-RED, WITH A YELLOW BASE AND EDGED IN BRIGHT YELLOW MAKING THE BLOSSOMS LOOK LIKE THEY ARE ON FIRE. THE GREEN STAMENS ARE EXTREMELY PROMINENT AND SPREAD OUTWARD AND THE PISTIL POINTS TO THE SIDE OF THE NODDING BLOOMS
HOUSEPLANT
PLANT INDOORS IN POTS 2-4 INCHES DEEP, YOU CAN PLANT SEVERAL SPECIMENS SO LONG AS THEY ARE ABOUT 6 INCHES APART. JUST LAY THEM ON THEIR SIDE AND COVER THEM UP, THEY WILL KNOW WHICH WAY IS UP. WATER WELL, THOROUGHLY SOAKING THE COMPOST AND THEN ALLOW ANY RESIDUE TO DRAIN AWAY. IF KEPT IN A WARM ROOM YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE NEW SHOOTS IN 2-3 WEEKS PLACE IN INDIRECT SUNLIGHT AND KEEP SOIL EVENLY MOIST ONCE IT BEGINS TO GROW, MOVE IT INTO MORE SUN AND INCREASE WATERING, NEVER LEAVE THEM WATERLOGGED OR STANDING IN WATER AS THIS ENCOURAGE ROTS. AFTER BLOOMING, WITHHOLD WATER AND FERTILIZER, ALLOWING THE PLANT TO GO DORMANT
GARDEN
TUBERS CAN BE STARTED INDOORS IN WINTER AND THEN TRANSPLANTED IN THE GARDEN AFTER THE DANGER OF FROST HAS PASSED, SELECT A SPOT IN THE GARDEN WHERE A FENCE CAN SUPPORT THE PLANTS AS THEY CLIMB. 1-3 TUBERS CAN BE GROWN IN AN 8 INCH CONTAINER
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