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This is a rare offering of Urceolina microcrater, a stunning bulb from the Andes in Peru. This striking Amaryllis relative sends up a tall stem with dangling blooms that are brilliant yellow and tipped with green. They have the most intense yellow i've seen in a flower! I find it to be easy to grow when given the right conditions. It is seldom seen in cultivation and very hard to find.

It makes a bulb about 2 inches across, and attractive, paddle-shaped leaves about a foot long. It looks somewhat like my Eucrosia mirabilis, which is its cousin. The bulb goes dormant for a few months each year, and then the flower stalk shoots upward from the ground before the new leaves appear. The flower stem gets about 15 inches tall, and has about 6 to 8 blooms that dangle like yellow earrings, each about 2 inches long. I believe they are pollinated by birds in the wild. You can create great new hybrids by cross-breeding it with related plants like Eucharis and Caliphruria, which have now been moved to the Urceolina genus.

It grows well in warm to intermediate conditions, and does fine as a houseplant. I don't think it will be happy below 50°F (10°C). It enjoys bright light, although it might need some shade from strong sun. You can grow it in a 4 or 5 inch pot. It comes from rocky hills, so give it a fast-draining soil mix. A typical mix is 1 part potting soil to 3 parts pumice rock or perlite. Keep the soil evenly moist most of the time while it's actively growing, and reduce watering when it nears dormancy and the leaves yellow. While it's dormant, keep the soil no more than slightly moist. Avoid repotting it when it nears maturity or it may delay flowering. In the right conditions, it's an easy, low-maintenance bulb.

This auction is for the young plant shown below. It is about 8 inches long, and it is growing in a 2 inch pot. It will be shipped in its pot, not bare-rooted. I usually ship on Saturdays and Mondays (Fedex is Monday & Tuesday). If you want shipping delayed up to 2 weeks, wait to pay please, since Ebay expects me to ship promptly. If you have questions, please contact me. Outside the United States, contact me before bidding for the shipping terms.

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Strange Wonderful Things is your source for exotic, hard-to-find plants that bring the excitement back into gardening! Most of the plants in my collection are rarely seen in nurseries, and a few are sold nowhere else on the internet. I am a low-volume grower and don't produce many plants, so if you see something you like, please bid early! I personally answer all emails, and provide free "technical support" through my website. - Happy growing! - Jeff

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