Bulbous and Tuberous Rooted Plants
A division of the Camden Park catalogues that is not clearly defined. Some of the more important families of the Hortus are included here, Amaryllidaceae, Iridaceae and Liliaceae. It also contains a wide assortment of other plants with a modified stem or root that acts as a storage organ. Such plants are usually deciduous and have a distinct dormancy period. Shrubs and trees are not included, but there is some overlap with herbaceous plants.
Trichonema species unidentified
An unidentified plant, no description.
Tritonia crocata Ker-Gawl.
Half-hardy cormous perennial with erect linear leaves and spikes of up to 10 cup-shaped orange to pinkish-red flowers in spring. To 50cm. [RHSE, CECB, Hortus].
Tritonia deusta (Ait.) Ker-Gawl.
Cormous perennial with up to eight, lance-shaped leaves, and stems, to 50cm, sometimes 1-2 branched, bearing several regular, cup-shaped bright orange-red to orange-salmon flowers, in spring. It differs from Tritonia crocata mainly in having purple-black blotches on the haft of the three outer lobes. [RHSD, CECB, Grey].
Tritonia deusta (Ait.) Ker-Gawl. subsp. miniata (Jacq.) De Vos
See Tritonia deusta (Ait.) Ker-Gawl. for a description of the species. Miniata has bright red or scarlet flowers, the outer lobes without the dark blotch or stripe, the lower lobes often with a yellow blotch, sometimes edged with red, or with a dark spot on the mid-line. [RHSD, Hortus].
Tritonia Hendersonii Hort.
An umidentified species or hybrid of Tritonia or a related genus.
Tritonia species crimson
An unidentified species of Sparaxis or a related genus. No description.
Tritonia species large orange
Probably a variety of Tritonia crocata (L.) Ker-Gawl. or Tritonia deusta (Ait.) Ker-Gawl. which see.
Tritonia squalida (Ait.) Ker-Gawl.
Cormous perennial with linear leaves and sweetly scented, widely funnel-shaped flowers, pink-flushed to deep mauve-pink or purple, sometimes almost white, with darker veins. [RHSD, CECB, Grey].
Tropaeolum pentaphyllum Lam.
Half-hardy, tuberous rooted, perennial climber with 5-lobed leaves, purple stems, and pendant masses of long-spurred vermilion and purple flowers, to 3cm long, in summer. To 6m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Tropaeolum tricolor Sweet
Half-hardy, tuberous-rooted, perennial climber with very slender stems and spurred, vermilion, purple and yellow flowers from winter to summer. To 2m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Urginea maritima (L.) Bak.
Half-hardy bulbous perennial producing dense racemes of many tiny, star-shaped white flowers in late summer and autumn, followed by erect, narrow basal leaves. To 1.5m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Veltheimia capensis (L.) DC.
Frost-tender bulbous perennial with basal rosettes of erect lance-shaped leaves and stout green stems, flecked with purple, with terminal racemes of pendant, tubular, white or pink flowers with red or green markings, in spring. To 45cm by 30cm. [RHSE, Hortus].
Wachendorfia paniculata Burm.
Rhizomatous perennial with usually hairy, lance-shaped leaves, to 70cm, and lax to dense panicles of pale yellow to bright apricot flowers in spring. To 70cm. [RHSD, CECB].
Wachendorfia thyrsiflora L.
Tuberous rooted perennial with narrowlt lance-shaped, plicate leaves and stems bearing terminal panicles of yellow flowers. To 60cm. [RHSD, Hortus, CECB].
