“ORNITHOGALUM SAUNDERSIAE”

“GIANT CHINCHERINCHEE”

 

  • CATEGORY                                 “ORNITHOGALUM SAUNDERSIAE”

  • VARIETY                                           “GIANT CHINCHERINCHEE”

  • DESCRIPTION                                  STAR SHAPED WHITE FLOWERS WITH A BLACK OVARY

  • HEIGHT                                             100-120 CM

  • BLOOMS                                            SUMMER

  • SIZE                                                    14/16

  • QUANTITY PER UNIT                    3

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

THE GIANT “CHINCHERINCHEE”IS AN ATTRACTIVE, EASILY CULTIVATED GARDEN PLANT AND PRODUCES EYE-CATCHING LONG-LASTING FLOWERS THAT ARE VERY SUITABLE AS CUT FLOWERS. IT IS NATIVE TO SOUTH AFRICA.

 

THIS BULBOUS PLANT IS DECIDUOUS AND DORMANT IN WINTER. IT FORMS AN ERECT ROSETTE OF DARK GREEN, SHINY, SWORD-SHAPED LEAVES OF UP TO 500 MM LONG. FLAT-TOPPED, MANY-FLOWERED INFLORESCENCE'S OF UP TO 120 CM TALL ARE PRODUCED IN SUMMER. THE STAR-SHAPED FLOWERS ARE PURE WHITE WITH A PRONOUNCED BLACK OVARY IN THE CENTRE. PLANTS ARE GREGARIOUS AND THE BULBS MULTIPLY RAPIDLY TO FORM DENSE STANDS.

 

THE COMMON NAME OF “CHINCHERINCHEE”, REFERS TO THE SOUND, MADE BY THE STIFF, GLOSSY FLOWER STALKS WHEN THEY ARE RUBBED TOGETHER AGAINST THE WIND.

 

THE SPECIES “ORNITHOGALUM SAUNDERSIAE” WAS NAMED AFTER MRS KATHERINS SAUNDERS (1824-1901), A WELL KNOWN PLANT COLLECTOR AND ARTIST. SHE SENT BULBS OF THIS SPECIES TO THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW LONDON IN 1887. IT IS OFTEN SEEN IN CULTIVATION AND IS VERY USEFUL FOR CUT-FLOWERS, BECAUSE ITS FLOWERS ARE SO LONG LASTING.

 

PLANT 3-5 CMS (1-2”) DEEP. THEY THRIVE IN A VARIETY OF SOILS, BUT PREFER HUMUS-RICH SOIL AND FULL TO PARTIAL SUN. BULBS CAN BE LIFTED DURING WINTER AND SEPARATED BEFORE REPLANTING. THESE BULBS ARE DORMANT AT THE MOMENT.

 

KEEP THE BULBS MOIST DURING THE GROWING SEASON WITH REGULAR DEEP WATERINGS. INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF WATER GIVEN JUST BEFORE THE FLOWERING PERIOD TO KEEP THE PLANTS GROWING STRONGLY. DO NOT DEADHEAD UNTIL ALL FLOWERING HAS STOPPED. AFTER LEAVES YELLOW, CUT OFF FOLIAGE. GRADUALLY DECREASE THE WATER GIVEN AFTER FLOWERING AND AS THE LEAVES DIE DOWN. THE BULBS REQUIRE VERY LITTLE WATER IN WINTER AS THEY ARE DORMANT DURING THIS TIME.

 

THE GIANT “CHINCHERINCHEE CAN ALSO BE PROPAGATED FROM SEED, BUT THIS IS A MUCH SLOWER PROCESS TO PRODUCE FLOWERING PLANTS TAKING AT LEAST 3 YEARS.

 

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