Mountain flower

Rhodophiala Rhodolirion, the Mountain flower, or by its Chilean name Añañuca de cordillera, is a perennial bulbous plant of about 10 - 20 cm. The leaves are generally absent during the flourishing.
This plant grows at high elevations in Central and Central-southern Chile, at 2800 - 3200 m., well above the tree line. It needs a lot of water during its vegetative growth, but during the flowering it can withstand dry spells of up to two months (the bulbs store nutrients and water necessary for flowering).
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