Vines and Climbers: gloriosa lily...unreal...., 1 by jjacques

jjacques wrote:
Delicious to look at but beware, this plant (especially the tuber) contains colchicin which is a very potent poison and a teratogenous stuff...the plant is perennial but needs winter rest, I grow it here in the garden (I am on Reunion island, tropical area) and it stays hidden most of the year then it starts out of the ground and soon blooms, try to pollinate it and you will get seeds. Now, it takes a few years from seed to flower as it has to buid a proper tuber first, this is why your plant is NOT one month old but at least a couple years...