Cyrtanthus flanaganii
Mary Sue Ittner (Mon, 09 Jul 2018 08:20:59 PDT)

Although I don't seem to have a record of this I believe I started this
from seed from Cameron McMaster in 2006. At least I have listed
seedlings as potted up in my 2007 data base. I'm not sure what I was
thinking in trying to grow it since I'm in a Mediterranean climate at a
low elevation with cool dry summers and only rarely below freezing in
winter. This is a summer rainfall bulb described on the wiki as
"Cyrtanthus flanaganii Baker is known as the Yellow Dobo Lily. It grows
in damp turf, on wet cliffs from 2000 to 3300 meters elevation. It is
endemic to the Eastern Mountain Range (Drakensberg Alpine Centre) of
South Africa where it withstands snow and frost. It flowers from
November to December. Flowers are sweetly scented and bright yellow with
a long narrow tube. Leaves are produced with the flowers and are blunt
tipped." I still have bulbs, but none have ever flowered. This year only
one leafed out so I was going to toss them, but when I unpotted them
they all had good roots. I'm happy to send them to someone in the United
States (so I don't have to deal with the postage challenges) who has the
appropriate climate and conditions to try them. I'd ask that person to
make a contribution to the Pacific Bulb Society.

Mary Sue

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