🌱 Morphology
With a vanilla scent... It looks like a small plant fountain in which each leaf has decided to draw its own spiral. Numerous narrow, fleshy, grey-green leaves emerge from the bulb, twisting and coiling into genuine corkscrews. When grown in full sun, its compact and glaucous silver appearance is particularly striking.

It is a bulbous geophyte approximately 10–20 cm tall, with sub-erect, narrow, flat-sectioned, glaucous, and strongly coiled leaves. It can produce between 10 and 20 leaves per bulb. The inflorescence rises above the foliage and bears firm, yellow flowers with broad green keels.

🌍 Distribution, habitat and family
It belongs to the Asparagaceae family and is native to Namibia and South Africa, extending through Bushmanland, Namaqualand, and various areas of the Cape provinces to the Little Karoo and Uniondale. It lives mainly on stony plains and gravelly soils, environments in which the bulb allows it to survive unfavorable periods. Kew currently recognizes Albuca concordiana as an accepted species.

❄️ Temperature — USDA Zone 8b–11b
It tolerates minimum temperatures of up to −7 ºC in dry, well-acclimatized specimens and during brief exposure. During dormancy, the bulb withstands considerably lower temperatures than active vegetation, but it must be prevented from remaining wet during periods of intense cold.

☀️ Lighting
It needs very abundant light to develop compact leaves and promote its characteristic coiling. It can be grown in full sun, with gradual acclimatization, or in a very bright location. Insufficient light tends to produce longer, looser, and less curled leaves.

💧 Growth cycle and watering
Winter growth and summer dormancy. With falling temperatures and the first rains, its active period begins. During growth, it is recommended to water abundantly and allow the substrate to dry out completely before the next watering. After flowering, the leaves begin to dry out and the bulb enters dormancy during the warm season. In summer, it must be kept practically dry to prevent the bulb from rotting.

🌸 Flowering
Flowering occurs mainly between August and September in its natural area, coinciding with the start of the favorable period. The flowers are yellow, with broad green keels running along the tepals that stand out against the glaucous foliage.

🌿 Nutrition
During the active growth period, a fertilizer specifically designed for succulents is recommended, with a high content of assimilable calcium, such as Desert CHOICE® Succulents, applied once a month when watering.

This is an inimitable xerophyte grown in Madrid in a high-tech square pot with a substrate activated with mycorrhizal fungi and biofungicides.

Gourmet black pot 9x9cm