#bulbine

[nioneeko]

Funguary week 2: Fairytale! Dance around the fairy circle :)

I chose the Mycena Rosea as inspiration for this character. I think she would be bubbly and sassy.

(This challenge is hosted by @feefal. Big thank you to them as always!)

[ruthbancroftgarden]

Bulbine latifolia

The genus Bulbine belongs to the Asphodel Family, along with many other familiar garden plants such as the aloes and the red-hot pokers (Kniphofia species and hybrids). Unlike the narrow tubular flowers seen in Aloe and Kniphofia, Bulbine species have flowers that open widely, most often colored yellow. They also have a unique trait - fine hairs on the stamens that give the middle of the flower a feathery look. The spreading rosettes of wide succulent leaves give Bulbine latifolia an aloe-like look, except that it does not have any teeth on the leaf edges, as an aloe usually would. The species has a wide distribution in southeastern South Africa, mostly in the Eastern Cape Province, but extending a little way into the Western Cape as well.

-Brian

[nionom-art]

Nothing really cool today- just a illustration of my faerie oc Bulbine.

[haveyougrownthisplant]

Have you grown stalked bulbine/Bulbine frutescens?

yes

no

never heard of it

Voting ended onJan 29, 2024

[morphons]

Bulbine natalensis. February 2022. 

[sunbadgerplants]

Stalked Bulbine (Bulbine frutescens)

[markunsan]

Bulbine frutescens ‘Hallmark’

[eriospermum]

Bulbine mesembryanthemoides Haw.