(Alstroemeriaceae)

Bomarea caldasii - BSWJ14945

Pot Size: 4 litre (deep)
Price: £35.00
Description:
From an area of the Central Mountains in Colombia on our way to Ibague, at nearly 2,450m altitude, growing at the edge of forested land. Only forming a relatively small twining herbaceous climber to 3-4m long, clothed in slender foliage and terminating in sizeable umbels of lightly spotted orange-yellow elongated funnel-shaped flowers, from mid-summer until late autumn. Easily grown in a rich, but well draining soil, ideally within the shelter of an evergreen shrub providing protection for the roots from severe frost.