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Faustina Ncheye

4 years ago

I love this flower can someone tell me the name of this orange flower

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Gillian
4 years ago
I think it might be a Scadoxus multiflorus. I just bought a bulb at Harrogate Flower Show it's summer flowering, fingers crossed mine grows as I love it too.
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