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Plant ID help

10 years ago

Does anyone know what this is? It flowers in December in Los Angeles, and it sets fruit and also multiplies the bulb. Leaves are fleshy, pliable, and downy. The flowers don't change much from this photo. Multiple fruits set at the end of the stamens. I don't recall their color.

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
Haemanthus albiflos.

The fruit may look as if they are at the end of the stamens but they actually form from the ovules in the ovaries at the base of the flowers. The stamens carry pollen which fertilises the ovules.
Susan Smeltzer thanked floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
Susan Smeltzer
Original Author
10 years ago
That's it!!! Thank you! I haven't seen the fruit yet this year, so I was going by memory. :)
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