Bulbine bulbosa
Golden Lily, Bulbine Lily at Molonglo Valley, ACT
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| Bulbine bulbosa | JanetRussell | 3 Oct 2016 | |
| Bulbine bulbosa | galah681 | 1 Oct 2016 |
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These plants were planted as bulbine bulbosa, but they are enormous. Last year they flowered normally but this year have grown a wide flattened straplike stem with flowers in a horizontal band instead of the normal spike. Unfortunately kangaroos or other wildlife chewed off the flower before it fully opened.
5 comments
4 Oct 2016
It seems to have become infected with something and it would probably be best to remove it.
4 Oct 2016
This is fasciation where shoots and flower heads look like many stems compressed together. It is caused by several things including bacterial, fungal, viral, hormonal, genetic and environmental (such as frost or insect damage) factors. Some plants are valued because of their fasciation, probably genetic. It is not contagious but if caused by bacteria or fungus could spread from infected plants. It might not recur again so I would leave the plant. See the entry on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasciation or Royal Horticultural Society.https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=525.
4 Oct 2016
Thanks Mike for the explanation. I was wondering if glyphosate would have had any effect in producing the faciation? The 2 plants showing the effect were close to the gravel path where glyphosate had been used to remove weeds.
4 Oct 2016
That is a possibility. There are reports that herbicides can cause damage.but I would need to do some reading to see which ones.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.065941-35.284703
- Altitude 610.8m
- Maps Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 15 Sep 2016 11:01 AM Recorded on
- galah681 Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
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Species information
- Bulbine bulbosa Scientific name
- Golden Lily, Bulbine Lily Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1565.44m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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