Is
there such a thing as Costa Rican Edelweiss?
I doubt it but I am not sure how else to describe the small flowering
plant that our next door neighbors have in front of their house. It is a small short plant with long thin
leaves. About every 3 months the plant
will produce a pinkish white flower on a thin stem. This plant has a bulb and reproduces quite
rapidly. There is one flower per
bulb. They all flower at the same time
and it is very beautiful to see a large group of them.
Our
neighbor, Sonia, has planted many of these bulbs in the planters just inside
the Monte Azul gate. Like other bulbs,
you simply dig them up and separate the bulbs and replant them. Unlike other well known bulbs like tulips and
crocus, they do not need a cold dormant period and bloom several times a year They have already started to spread and to
flower in our plnaters. It is very
exciting.
Obviously
this plant is not in the edelweiss family because edelweiss is not a bulb and
grows at high cold altitudes. However the
look of it and the thought of running through a field of these flowers with our
flock of goats brings to mind the movie the Sound of Music and the song Edelweiss. Maybe I have been out in the country a bit
too long.
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