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    Albuca cooperi short raceme

    Albuca cooperi short raceme
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Thabo Maphisa

    The fragrant, nodding flowers of Albuca cooperi are well spaced on long, thin, ascending stalks in a lax raceme.

    Narrow papery bracts, brown, shrivelled and clasping the pedicels at the base are visible in the photo. The six thick-textured pale yellow and green tepals are ovate; the outer ones have pointed, ridged tips turning in, the inner ones ending in hinged fleshy tips.

    Broad greenish bands, quite faint and uneven on the flowers seen here, are usually present in the centre of especially the outer three tepals. Perianths become from 1,5 cm to 2,5 cm long.

    Flowering comes late in winter through spring (Manning, 2009; www.pacificbulbsociety.org).

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