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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Jo Bogaerts on March 06, 2011, 03:22:24 PM

Title: plant from South Africa
Post by: Jo Bogaerts on March 06, 2011, 03:22:24 PM: Hello , my first post here with a question , do you know the name of this white flowering plant from South Africa ?
First flowerbud and leafs to looks like Agapanthus , but when it opens you find these tube formed bells ?
Anyone an idea ? Thanks in advance Jo
http://(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5131/5502193053_21f9c5134d_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jo-bogaerts/5502193053/)
P1050773 1024 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jo-bogaerts/5502193053/) by Jo Bogaerts2010 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jo-bogaerts/), on Flickr
Title: Re: plant from South Africa
Post by: ThomasB on March 06, 2011, 04:12:53 PM: Hello Jo,

this looks like a Tulbaghia to me. Maybe Tulbaghia simmleri.

Regards Thomas
Title: Re: plant from South Africa
Post by: Maggi Young on March 06, 2011, 04:16:59 PM: Hello Jo, welcome to the forum.

A lovely plant you have there, which, As Thomas suggests, is probably Tulbaghia simmleri.... it should have a wonderful fragrance. 8)
Title: Re: plant from South Africa
Post by: Jo Bogaerts on March 06, 2011, 07:37:36 PM: Thank you both for your reply ! :)
Title: Re: plant from South Africa
Post by: Lesley Cox on March 06, 2011, 08:37:29 PM: Just a blank white space came up for me, with the message "The picture is currently unavailable." That's a new one.
Title: Re: plant from South Africa
Post by: Jo Bogaerts on March 10, 2011, 07:28:17 PM: The picture was of my flickr account , herby again (I hope) ???

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5515073399_db6d7549e2_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jo-bogaerts/5515073399/)
Tulbaghia simmleri ‘Alba’ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jo-bogaerts/5515073399/) by Jo Bogaerts2010 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jo-bogaerts/), on Flickr