Doryanthes palmeri

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Doryanthes palmeri
 Doryanthes palmeri
Doryanthes palmeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Doryanthaceae
Genus: Doryanthes
Species: D. palmeri
Binomial name
Doryanthes palmeri
A.W.Hill

Doryanthes palmeri is a plant of the genus Doryanthes. It grows in a rosette and the leaves can reach the length of about three meters (10 feet). The flowers arise in springtime on a stalk which may reach 5 meters (18 feet) height. [1]

Doryanthes palmeri
Doryanthes palmeri
Doryanthes palmeri flowers
Doryanthes palmeri flowers

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p. 312. Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0