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Geophyte discussions => Mystery Bulbs => Topic started by: petershaw on June 14, 2023, 06:32:29 AM

Title: [solved:Wachendorfia t.]Not mine, just found while walking
Post by: petershaw on June 14, 2023, 06:32:29 AM
Quite tall, 4-6' maybe, clumping, may be a bit of a spreader.

Beautiful foliage for sure.

Fits into the tropical theme of the landscape.

Seed pods if anyone is interested.

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Title: Re: Not mine, just found while walking
Post by: Uli on June 15, 2023, 06:15:39 AM
Beautiful plant! It is Wachendorfia thyrsiflora. There is another Wachendorfia species (W. paniculata) but it is much smaller. 

Uli 
Title: Re: Not mine, just found while walking
Post by: Martin Bohnet on June 15, 2023, 06:43:43 AM
Agreed on the ID, and indeed nice if one has the room for it. -> Ill set this mystery to solved...
Title: Re: [solved:Wachendorfia t.]Not mine, just found while walking
Post by: petershaw on June 16, 2023, 08:08:01 AM
Thats it thanks!

not a geophyte right?

Peter
Title: Re: [solved:Wachendorfia t.]Not mine, just found while walking
Post by: David Pilling on June 16, 2023, 08:42:02 AM
Quote from: petershaw on June 16, 2023, 08:08:01 AMnot a geophyte right?

Wrong - on the PBS wiki:

https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Wachendorfia#thyrsiflora

Title: Re: [solved:Wachendorfia t.]Not mine, just found while walking
Post by: lpw on July 24, 2023, 10:13:14 PM
I too have seed pods from my Wachendorfia thyrsiflora and will enter them in the seed swap. In addition to the yellow-orange flowers, the evergreen foliage is beautiful - intense green, striated, flat-swords in a fan shape. The roots are a fluorescent orange-red, hence its common names, red root or bloodroot. They need moisture.
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