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Ornamental and cultivation of Lycoris radiata

Published: 2024-11-06 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/06, [alias] cockroach flower, raven garlic. Amaryllidaceae, Lycoris. [morphology] perennial herbs, thick underground scales, widely oval, covered with purplish red film. The leaves are linear, extracted from the base after flowering, 5-6 leaves, extracted in winter and withered in summer. The flower is extracted from August to September, with a height of 30 cm and 12 flowers, showing a terminal umbel; the flower is bright red, the simple part is very short, about 5 × 6 mm, and the lobes are narrowly needle-shaped and rolled outward. Son

[alias] cockroach flower, crow garlic.

[Family] Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllidaceae.

[Form] Perennial herb, underground scales Mo hypertrophy, widely elliptic, covered with purple-red film. The leaves are linear, withdrawn from the base after anthesis, 5 - 6 leaves, withdrawn in winter and withered in summer. Flowers 8~9 months out, 30~60 cm high, 4~12 flowers, umbel terminal; flowers bright red, simple very short, about 5~6 mm long, lobes have been narrow inverted needle shape, outward roll. Ovary inferior, sterile after anthesis.

[Origin and Distribution] Originated in China and Japan, wild in Yangtze River Basin and Southwest provinces, cultivated in Shanghai gardens.

[Habits] In nature, many wild plants are born in shady and humid places in the mountains and rivers, so Lycoris likes shady and humid environments. Cold, Shanghai area can be winter open field. The soil grows well on well-drained, fertile sandy loam and calcareous loam.

[Propagation] Spring and autumn are propagated by bulbs. Bulbs should not be harvested every year, usually 4 to 5 years to dig up a sub-planting.

[00:00: 00.000] This is easy to manage.

[Usage] Garden can be used as undergrowth flowers, flower clusters or natural planting among rocks. Because of its flowering time leaves, it should be combined with other more light-tolerant herbs. In addition, it can also be used for potted plants, water culture, cut flowers, etc. Bulb poisonous, gunpowder has emetic expectorant, detumescence analgesic effect.

 
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