Boophone Species, Bushman Poison, Century Plant, Tumbleweed (Boophone disticha)
Boophone disticha
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South African xeriphytic bulb that presents a large boquet of dainty red petal yellow fixture flowers. New in collection I have no images of flower.
by thistlesifter Dec 18, 2006 5:06 PM
by proff72 Mar 27, 2007 3:01 AM
Autumn emerging, after dormancy over Summer.
by bloomoon Jun 24, 2007 3:22 AM
cactus/succulent show, Los Angeles
by palmbob Aug 23, 2007 12:27 AM
Boophone disticha and Veltheimia bracteata in early Winter leaf. S/E Australia 2008
by bloomoon Apr 30, 2008 4:59 PM
Big plant,Berkeley Botanical Garden's South African garden.
by BayAreaTropics Apr 24, 2009 12:29 AM
by poussinbcn Jul 9, 2009 5:38 AM
flowering plant, cactus show, Los Angeles, late summer
by palmbob Aug 19, 2009 5:50 AM
by CactusJordi Aug 20, 2009 11:39 AM
by CactusJordi Aug 20, 2009 11:39 AM
Flowering every year in July in SoCal
by CactusJordi Aug 20, 2009 11:39 AM
Has to be hand pollinated in SoCal to set seeds.
by CactusJordi Aug 20, 2009 11:39 AM
3 well developed seed-pods out of the entire spheric ripe flower/seed stand
by CactusJordi Aug 21, 2009 4:28 AM
5 year old (from seed) Boophone disticha blooming July 20, 2010, in San Diego, CA approx 2 miles from the beach
by brunsvigiaken Aug 6, 2010 3:26 AM
wavy-edged leaves of Summer growing/Spring blooming Boophone disticha (dormant in Winter)
by brunsvigiaken Aug 4, 2010 8:56 PM
by BGBulbs Apr 16, 2011 7:19 AM
by BGBulbs Apr 16, 2011 7:20 AM
by BGBulbs Apr 16, 2011 7:21 AM
by 23kyle Oct 28, 2013 12:11 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Dec 2, 2014 8:48 AM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Dec 2, 2014 8:48 AM
June, 2015 in San Diego, Ca. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford.
by Kell Nov 14, 2015 12:26 AM
Babies. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Mar 14, 2016 1:48 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Jun 14, 2016 8:16 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Jun 14, 2016 8:16 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Jun 14, 2016 8:17 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Jun 14, 2016 8:17 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Jun 14, 2016 8:18 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Jun 24, 2016 9:40 AM
Seed heads. August, 2016. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Aug 7, 2016 1:24 AM
Harvesting seeds. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Aug 7, 2016 1:24 AM
The start of blooming in the LA area. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell May 29, 2017 4:13 PM
Seed pods. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Jun 20, 2017 6:21 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Jun 20, 2017 6:21 PM
Seed pods. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Jun 20, 2017 6:21 PM
Seed. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Jun 20, 2017 6:22 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Aug 31, 2017 12:33 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Oct 1, 2017 2:25 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Oct 1, 2017 4:38 PM
Month old seedlings. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Oct 1, 2017 4:39 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Jan 22, 2018 12:14 PM
Photo courtesy of, copyright of Fanie Avenant of Western Cape, South Africa.
by Kell Feb 14, 2018 6:17 PM
Photo courtesy of, copyright of Fanie Avenant of Western Cape, South Africa.
by Kell Feb 14, 2018 6:17 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell May 29, 2019 8:08 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell May 29, 2019 8:08 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Jun 16, 2019 5:38 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Jun 16, 2019 5:38 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Jun 16, 2019 5:39 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Jun 30, 2019 1:44 PM
South Africa. Copyright Rogier van Vugt, the Head Gardener at the greenhouses at Leiden University/Hortus botanicus Leiden.
by Kell May 11, 2020 6:24 PM