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Spider lily

Pancratium

Description:

Monocotyledon, geophyte, short flowering period rain dependent. Attractive white flowers with elongated corolla tubes arise singly from the subterranean bulb.

Habitat:

in open grassy area between bushes on sandy soil. Vegetation type bushveld; climate hot, arid with summer rainfall (450mm p.a.) and dry winters. Max summer temperatures touching 40C, minimum winter temps can fall below zero although not experienced every year.

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6 Comments

tachilabotswana
tachilabotswana 12 years ago

Same not all photos loading

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Can you check similarity with Pancratium triflorum

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

No problem Peter. I hope your team can resolve the issue.

peter
peter 12 years ago

Thanks for pointing this out, Dan. It's definitely not Christine's fault. It's an issue we've been having on and off. I'm having our technical team look into it.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Very close to Pancratium sanctae marie in India..!!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Cool plant. There's a bit of a problem with all 3 photos loading though.

C.Sydes
Spotted by
C.Sydes

Lephalale Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

Spotted on Mar 11, 2010
Submitted on Jun 11, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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