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/… the one i have labeled as capensis has a bit wavier leaves. tsuh yang --- Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote: > In the Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs key: > Leaves glossy dark green, seldom all deciduous; bulb > tunics fleshy; bracts > 10-30 mm long, spring flowering = V. bracteata > > Leaves glaucous or grayish, deciduous; outer bulb > tunics papery; bracts > 10-15 mm long; autumn and winter flowering = V. > capensis > The Veltheimia bracteata I grow is so different from > V. capensis that they > are easy to tell apart. One has shiny green leaves > and the other one dull > silver gray leaves. I've not gotten blooms from V. > capensis and suspect __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com/
