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Eleutherine bulbosa - Dayak Onion

This reddish bulb from tropical America has leaves reminiscent of a palm-tree seedling. Flowers are white and star-shaped. Itis easy to keep and reproduce as it can be grown as winter-dormant and then loves warm and humid, greenhouse conditions with well draining soil.

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This reddish bulb from tropical America has leaves reminiscent of a palm-tree seedling. In fact one of its synonyms is Eleutherine palmifolia. Flowers are white and star-shaped. Itis easy to keep and reproduce as it can be grown as winter-dormant and then loves warm and humid, greenhouse conditions with well draining soil. Eleutherine bulbosa is sexually sterile as it was somehow domesticated and then spread to many areas of North and South America, where it is planted by villages because of its medicinal purposes. Medicinal properties are possibly astonishing.

Pictures from Wikimedia by:
Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil - Eleutherine bulbosa Urb., CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34690017
Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil - Eleutherine bulbosa Urb., CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34690020

Cultivation	Protected
Plant origin	America
Presentation	Bare root
Max. Size	20cm-30cm
Botanical family	Iridaceae
Light	Sun
Light	Medium
Minimum winter temperature	5 ºC to 15 ºC
Flowering Season	Spring
Plant type	Herbaceous
Color	Orange
Care	Pot
Shape	Bulbs