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  Crinum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crinum is a genus of about 180 species of lily-like perennial plants that have large showy flowers on leafless stems, and develop from bulbs.
Crinum leaves are basal, typically long and strap-shaped, with colors ranging from light green to green.
Crinums In East Texas: Notes From Marcelle Sheppard, includes links to photographs, cultural information, and hybridizing results.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crinum   (121 words)

  
 Crinum
Crinum is a fascinating genus of the large and equally captivating Amaryllidaceae family.
Jäger, A.K., Adsersen, A. and Fennell, C.W. Acetylcholinesterase inhibition of Crinum sp.
Lehmiller, D.J. Synopsis of the genus Crinum (Amaryllidaceae) in Namibia.
www.plantzafrica.com /plantcd/crinum.htm   (2125 words)

  
 The Amaryllis Family: Genus Crinum
Crinum broussonetii in the subgenus Stenaster or Crinum occurs in Tchad and Cameroun.
Crinum verdoorniae is native to Namibia in the upper regions of the Zambesi River and near Victoria Falls in Zambia.
Crinum yuccaeides in the subgenus Stenaster or Crinum occurs in Cameroun.
www.shieldsgardens.com /amaryllids/CrinumSpecies-2.html   (770 words)

  
 Floridata: Crinum X powellii
The crinum lilies are similar to spider lilies (Hymenocallis) and amaryllises (Amaryllis), but can be distinguished by having basal rosettes of whorled leaves, unlike those of the others which have their leaves in two distinct ranks.
Cape lilies, and other crinum lilies, are usually planted in perennial beds or borders or as stand-alone specimen plants left undisturbed to form large clumps.
Crinums adorned the lawns of the finest mansions as well as the poorest share cropper shacks, and old plantings still may be found marking the locations of abandoned homesites across the American cotton belt.
www.floridata.com /ref/c/crin_xpo.cfm   (598 words)

  
 Crinum or Milk
Crinums are majestic bulb plants whose massive, fragrant clusters of 3- to 6-inch lily like flowers bloom atop 2- to 3-foot stalk.
Crinums may be grown in protected spots as far north as Zone 6 if covered with a heavy winter mulch such as salt hay or wood chips, but the foliage may die back or suffer severely.
Crinums do best in at least four hours of direct sunlight a day (curtain-filtered sunlight during the hottest part of the summer), night temperatures of 50° to 55° and day temperatures of 68° to 72°.
sd1new.net /GardenPages/crinum.htm   (419 words)

  
 Crinum bulbispermum
The word "Krinon" means lily and the specific epithet refers to the bulblike shape and size of the seed.
Crinum bulbispermum is a highly attractive garden subject and can be grown all over South Africa provided it is given adequate water during its growing season.
Oliver, I.B. Crinum bulbispermum in Veld and Flora Vol 76 p.57.
www.plantzafrica.com /plantcd/crinumbulbisp.htm   (596 words)

  
 Delightful Crinum
Crinum is a large genus of approximately a hundred or more species;Twenty- one or so species are found in Southern Africa.
Crinum species regenerate leaves during the growing season from dormant leaf bases initiated in previous seasons but the exception is the beautiful C. moorei.
The leaves of Crinum are truncated and end in a margin of old tissue; young leaves initiated during the current season have green tips.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/bulbs_and_plants/116688   (429 words)

  
 The Amaryllis Family: Genus Crinum
Although crinums may be found growing in heavy clay in some of their native habitats, they should not be grown in clay soils in containers.
Crinum macowanii (Cape Coast Lily) is found in southern Africa in Namibia, Zambia, Swaziland, and Botswana as well as in South Africa provinces of Mpumalanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Eastern Cape.
Crinum variabile is from Namaqualand in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.
www.shieldsgardens.com /amaryllids/Crinum.html   (1139 words)

  
 Crinum -- Plant Delights Nursery Catalog Page 26
Crinums have thrived for hundreds of years at abandoned home sites where daffodils have long ago turned up their toes.
Crinum 'Sacramento' has a mysterious background, but is reportedly a Les Hannibal cross between two forms of C. bulbispermum, one of which originated in the town of Kimberly, South Africa.
You'll have to pretend that we have scratch and sniff...just substitute your spouse and pretend he/she is a crinum.
www.plantdelights.com /Catalog/Current/page26.html   (1464 words)

  
 Crinum
Crinum species are found in many parts of the world.
Crinum are not often found at commercial nurseries as they are slow growing and do not like to be disturbed.
Some Crinum have been reported to be hardy through Zone 5 in a garden setting and other zones with mulching while others are tropical and must be protected.
www.acrinum.com   (399 words)

  
 botany/crinum
Crinums (commonly known as Milk and Wine Lilies) grow from 1 to 3 feet high, depending on the species, and produce clumps of strap- or sword-shaped leaves and clusters of fragrant, red, pink, white, or bicolored flowers.
americanum, commonly known as the Swamp Lily or Southern Swamp Crinum, is found from Florida to Texas.
Some Crinums, such as C. americanum (Swamp Lily), can be grown as partial aquatics, such as near the edge of a pond.
www.botany.com /crinum.html   (692 words)

  
 Crying For Crinum
Crinums have been grown and loved in the South for many years, thriving in extreme heat and humidity, under stress and neglect, and are apparently resistant to most pests.
I was delighted to see crinums mentioned in the foreword of the 1999 Plant Delights fall catalog, and noted there as enjoying a revival of sorts.
Crinum lilies are members of the amaryllis family, having six petals in their blooms.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/heritage_gardening/25001   (579 words)

  
 Plant Answers
Crinum lilies are one of our most common old garden and cemetery plants.
Most early crinums made their trip to the states by way of the Caribbean, some as early as the mid 1800's.
It is one of the parents of most of our common hybrid garden crinums, which inherit this mounding foliage along with cold hardiness.
www.plantanswers.com /arcadia_pages/plant_of_the_month/crinum_lilies.htm   (861 words)

  
 Mining Technology - BHP Coal Mine - Crinum - Queensland Australia
Crinum's installed capacity is 4.25Mt/y of metallurgical coal.
Crinum lies in the central Bowen Basin, between Rio Tinto’s Kestrel and MIM's Oaky Creek mines.
Run-of-mine coal from Crinum is moved by a 1,000t/h, 15km-long overland conveyor to the Gregory preparation plant.
www.mining-technology.com /projects/crinum   (780 words)

  
 A Systematic Revision of the Genus Crinum
The genus Crinum was established in 1737 by Linnaeus while cataloguing and naming both live and dried plant specimens in the Hortus Cliffortianus folio, --all as found in George Clifford's garden and herbarium at Hartecamp, Holland.
Crinum macowanii is a prime example of such diversity as the more moist savanna forms may bear 4 to 20 blossoms, depending upon the geographical location.
Actually, most named Crinum hybrids in circulation are interspecific hybrid 'mules' and for that reason, diverse, freely intercrossing garden populations have not evolved in a manner as exists amongst the Hippeastrum hybrids.
www.crinum.org /review.html   (11499 words)

  
 BULBS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Crinum americanum (southern swamp crinum, florida swamp lily) - This is a very beautiful, winter and spring blooming species with 4 to 8 flowers per umbel on 18 to 24 inch scapes.
Crinum asiaticum (saint john's lily) - The appealing, large, spidery, 6 to 8 inch across, fragrant, white flower of this species are produced in large umbels having up to 50 blooms each.
Crinum 'Elizabeth Traub' - The parents of this semi-hardy, Traub hybrid are Crinum 'Ellen Bosanquet' and Crinum scabrum.
www.durionursery.com /bulbs.htm   (3293 words)

  
 Penrock Seeds specialises in the export of Southern African bulbs, caudiciforms and succulents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Crinum acaule is found in northern Natal mostly on the Maputaland coastal plain.
C. acaule is one of the few Crinum species that forms bulblets and later large bulbs in response to the cutting or damaging of the bulb plate.
Crinum delagoense is found in two separate habitats in South Africa.
www.penroc.co.za /pages/newslet1103.htm   (1623 words)

  
 Garden Spot - v4.2
i overlooked the lantana and crinums when i did the damage report on sunday.
the lantana got a bit crispy around the edges and some of the crinum foliage is decidedly mushy, but i expect all to recover.
crinums are also great plants for the lazy gardener, and although they can be a bit stingy with the blooms, they're worth it
gardenspot.blogspot.com /2003_01_01_gardenspot_archive.html   (2400 words)

  
 Plumeria People Crinum List
Last year we added 4 new Crinum lilies to our beds outside and we were very pleased with their performance.
These lilies are forgiving of poor soils and produce extraordinary blooms with colors ranging from pure white to a deep wine-red, with some species producing flower petals with red keels beautifully bordered by white.
Crinum 'Walter Flory' - One of the larger crinums with light lavender -pink flowers with dark rose keel and a white center.
www.botanictreasures.com /PlumeriaPeople/crinumlist.html   (241 words)

  
 BMA Careers - Gregory Crinum Mine
Crinum underground mine is capable of producing 4.25 million tonnes of coking coal annually.
Gregory Crinum is located 60km north west of the rural centre of Emerald and 375km north west of Gladstone and the Capricorn Coast.
Gregory Crinum coal is sold to South and East Asia, Europe, the Americas, India and Australia.
careers.bmacoal.com /content.asp?newsID=93579   (280 words)

  
 crinum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Crinums (or crinum lilies) have been featured players in old southern gardens for many years.
Crinum 'Ellen Bosanquet' (at left) was named for the wife of its Florida hybridizer and first appeared in the trade in 1930.
This crinum was sold to us as C. americanum, but according to several sources is probably C.
webs.lanset.com /pathline/crinum.htm   (245 words)

  
 Crinum -- Plant Delights Nursery Catalog Page 19
This is certainly the hardiest and most durable of the group of crinum lilies.
This is one of the very first crinums to flower for us in late May, with 3' tall spikes topped with fragrant pure white flowers.
The resurgence of popularity of crinums has spawned a new breed of "crinum rustlers" who search for old abandoned clumps.
www.plantdelights.com /Catalog/Fall/page19.html   (1484 words)

  
 The Genus Crinum (Amaryllidaceae)
The genus Crinum is an attractive group of tropical and subtropical lilies found about Africa, Asia, Australia, and often in frost free areas of North and South America.
The more colorful crinum species present a natural incentive for one to try various hybridization experiments, and hybrids are commonly obtained.
Davis, the primitive Crinum were marsh plants with rush-like leaves, which bore simple sessile blossoms with narrow linear petals, (or more specifically, 'tepals' which botanists prefer to use in lieu of petals).
www.doofus.org /Crinum/crinpics/ch_1.html   (839 words)

  
 Crinum
The genus Crinum is a very large genus and very widely distributed to many parts of the world including America, Asia and Africa.
I urge the Crinum grower to study up on cultivation requirements for better, healthier bulbs and blooms.
Crinum campanulatum is endemic to the Eastern Cape, occurring in widely scattered seasonal pans or vleis between Bathurst and East London and as far inland as Peddie.
www.mainlyamaryllidsgarden.com /ah/crinum.htm   (563 words)

  
 The Kinston Free Press   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Crinum lilies have been a classic southern pass- along plant since their arrival from Africa in the 1800's.
Crinum lilies grow from the largest bulbs, some 10 inches in diameter and weighing more than 40 pounds.
There is a wide selection of crinums, including blooms of solid deep red, white, bright pink, rose and stripes of white and carmine (called milk and wine lilies).
www.kinston.com /SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=29495&Section=Society   (598 words)

  
 Floridata: Crinum asiaticum
This crinum is native to tropical areas of Asia.
You can grow this crinum in Zone 8, but foiliage is killed by freezing winter temperatures.
Use the grand crinum to create a tropical mood near the pool or patio.
www.floridata.com /ref/c/crin_asi.cfm   (341 words)

  
 CEMETERY LILIES
They brought the plants and tools of their trade - crinums were and still are used in some West African cultures for their 'magical' properties.
And crinum bulbs are big tough, storage units capable of being dried in shipping for months.
Crinums take more than three years to produce flowers from seed, so crinum breeding is a lifetime investment.
www.jenksfarmer.com /cemetery_lilies.htm   (593 words)

  
 BoDD (Botanical Dermatology Database) - AMARYLLIDACEAE
The bulbs of Boophone, Crinum, Hippeastrum, Narcissus and of other genera are poisonous on ingestion (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962, Lewis and Elvin-Lewis 1977).
Crinum latifolium L. The roasted bulb has been used in India as a rubefacient (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962, Quisumbing 1951).
Crinum zeylanicum L. The bulbs will reportedly blister the skin of cattle (Hurst 1942).
bodd.cf.ac.uk /BotDermFolder/BotDermA/AMARY.html   (1564 words)

  
 Shields Gardens: Crinum Seeds
Crinum lugardiae is a medium-sized crinum when fully grown, with trumpet shaped flowers that flare open at the face.
Crinum variabile is a very hardy plant which we grow outdoors here in central Indiana (USDA zone 5a).
The flowers are white with pink to red shading in a band along the midrib on the outside.
www.shieldsgardens.com /Seeds/CrinumSeeds.html   (370 words)

  
 Crinum > Intro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Crinum is one of the late-flowering summer bulbs.
Crinum is big and usually best grown in pots as a solitary plant.
Crinum Powellii and Crinum Powellii 'Album' - pure white.
www.flowerbulbs.co.uk /BulbFlowers/Colorfull_bulbs.asp?label_lang=UK&CULT_ID=159&chapter=37&CULTD_NAME=Crinum   (105 words)

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