RICHAKDIA 



THE BULB BOOK 



RICHARDIA 



be a hybrid between R. hastata and 

 R. alho-maculata. Crossed with R. 

 Elliottiana it has produced a hybrid 

 called R. Taylori {Gard. Chro7i. 1904, 

 XXXV. 226). 



R. cantabrigiensls. — A hybrid 

 between R. Rchmamii and R. 

 melanoleAica, showing a deeper pink 

 spathe than in R. Rehmanni— the 

 seed-bearing parent. 



R. Elliottiana. — A splendid species 

 about 2 ft. high, having dark green 

 leaves heavily blotched with white, 



for about a year. They will then be 

 fine and sturdy, and if potted up 



Fig. 301.— Richardia Elliottiana, 1-year-old 

 seedling. (A.) 



and pure yellow spathes of good 

 size, but not so large generally as 

 those of R. afrkana {Garden, 1894, 

 ii. 989). Easily raised from seeds 

 and by offsets. The seeds should be 

 sown as soon as ripe in summer in 

 rich sandy soil, and kept warm and 

 moist. They germinate freely, and 

 if not sown too thickly (about a 

 couple of inches apart) the young 

 plants may be left in the seed-pan 



-Richardia Elliottiana. i^.) 



Fig. 30Z.— Richardia Elliottic 

 twin spathes. (J.) 



singly into pots and grown on they 

 will make fine flowering-plants the 

 third year from seed. Like R. 



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