Propagating Eucomis vandermerwei
John Grimshaw (Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:33:25 PST)

I may have been a bit hasty recommending seed propagation for Eucomis
vandermerwei, but I started with seed and got a batch of about 80 flowering
plants in the third year. These all set seed very well, so I had no idea
that seed was otherwise not so freely produced. Perhaps it needs
cross-fertilization. I noticed that my plants were abundantly visited by
flies - the flowers are malodorous - and they may have effected pollination.

Apart from the malodorous flowers it is a most charming plant.

John Grimshaw