genus Nananthus

July 20, 2010

Nananthus plants of the genus occur in South Africa, inland from the Great Karra to the Free State, south to Gauteng. One isolated population grows in Namibia. The most common occurrence is in places with clay soil, on the banks of rivers and streams. Nananty tolerate significantly different watering regime, because they live from extremely arid areas of seasonally flooded to the area.

Plants form a small rosette with many heads. The roots are thickened and oddénkovité. Navicular leaves with lower hernias on both sides of the taper. The leaf surface is white with tiny dots Hogwarts. Flowers are on short stalks, yellow, often with a central red line. White flowers are very rare. The fruits are 6 to 10 cases. The seeds are oval, smooth and dark brown, surface thin, not fat as Aloinopsisů.

In cultivation the plant thrives in both the greenhouse and outdoors. Nantusy thrive in different soil types, but preferably in clay. During the summer months, regular watering is good, always after drying the substrate. Wintering with the temperature around the 5 to 10 ° C.

From other genera differ Nananthus dotted leaves alojovitých built into rosettes, ztlustlými roots, yellow flowers with dark central stripe. Flowering time is throughout the year. In the colder months and days neslunečných plants do not flower. The flowers open on sunny days in the afternoon, closing at dusk, or when the shadow hits the plant. It should therefore be placed on a flowering specimens as long as the sunny spot. They have a slightly honeyed aroma. The genus includes 10 species.

The closest relatives are the genera Bergeranthus, Rabiea, and Herreroa Aloinopsis.

The fotografijích Nananthus vittatus is a species

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