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Crinum Lily, Herbertii 'Ester', small-size bulb
$ 50.00
DESCRIPTION
- Herbertii is an old favorite hybrid crinum often found at old homesites and in cemeteries, since they are very long-lived bulbs. We grow about 25 different versions of Herbertii. They are all nice but each one has its own special charm.
- Herbertii 'Ester' is distinguished primarily by its very dark pink/red stripe, the way 8-10 flowers open at once and make a beautiful, radial pattern, and the long blooming period. It has a "red", not the usual green scape (flower stem) and is a heavy bloomer. The dark pink stripe runs along the entire inside of the flower and the keel (reverse).
- We have observed as many as 17 flowers on scapes to 36" tall. It has bloomed for us March-July which is longer than most herbertii. Our largest bulbs have measured 5 1/2" in diameter. This is definitely one of our finer herbertii. Most herbertii clones have white blooms with light pink stripes. These are commonly called "milk & wine lilies" but so are other crinum such as C. scabrum. Only a few herbertii have the dark red color like crinum scabrum.
- The pink stripes are darker towards the center of the flower and fade as they approach the edges (a trait that is reversed in hybrid bulbs that have C. zeylanicum as a parent where the stripe is darkest and widest at the tips of the flower and fades towards the center). We grow over 1000 different crinum, including about 350 of our own hybrids, and the herbertii are among the most reliable.
