Veltheimia bracteata vs. capensis
Douglas Westfall (Mon, 02 May 2005 13:04:40 PDT)
piabaDoug Westfall piabinha@yahoo.com1111 Claiborne Dr. Long Beach, CA
hi everybody,
you recall that i had asked how to tell the diff.
between these 2 species as the plant i received as
capensis looks nothing like the pics in the wiki or
elsewhere. based on the emails i got back, i was
inclined to believe i grow only bracteata. however,
the plant i have received as capensis seems to have
much more ruffled, wavier leaves, so i think i'll
leave the tags as they are. what doesn't match is the
fact that it is not deciduous, and leaves are green
(not that dull capensis color), broad and not skinny.
my bracteata looks exactly like this one:
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…
.jpg
the one i have labeled as capensis has a bit wavier
leaves.
tsuh yang
That is bracteata!
There is some variation among leaves. Check both the PBS wiki and the IBS
web site.
Doug