Bulbs that flower without leaves--TOW
German Roitman (Sun, 03 Aug 2003 14:01:04 PDT)

Hi all:

Some species of Habranthus are a good example of plants that produce
leaves, then lost there leaves and a month or 2 later they produce there
flowers.

This happen in H. estensis:

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…

H. gracilifolius:

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…

H. pedunculosus:

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…

H. tubispathus

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…

It also happpen in Habranthus niveus, H. martinezii, H. versicolor,

Also happen in Rhodophiala, although sometimes the second spathe is produce
later when leaves have already appear.

Rh. mendocina
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…

Rh. bifida

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…

Never seen this feature in Zephyranthes and in the Hippeastrum from
Argentina it suppose to happen in H. cybister.

Best wishes

Germán

German Roitman
mailto:groitman@mail.retina.ar
mailto:roitman@agro.uba.ar