#bulbine

Funguary week 2: Fairytale! Dance around the fairy circle :)

I chose the Mycena Rosea as inspiration for this character. I think she would be bubbly and sassy.

Bulbine latifolia

The genus Bulbine belongs to the Asphodel Family, along with many other familiar garden plants such as the aloes and the red-hot pokers (Kniphofia species and hybrids). Unlike the narrow tubular flowers seen in Aloe and Kniphofia, Bulbine species have flowers that open widely, most often colored yellow. They also have a unique trait - fine hairs on the stamens that give the middle of the flower a feathery look. The spreading rosettes of wide succulent leaves give Bulbine latifolia an aloe-like look, except that it does not have any teeth on the leaf edges, as an aloe usually would. The species has a wide distribution in southeastern South Africa, mostly in the Eastern Cape Province, but extending a little way into the Western Cape as well.