African Breeze catalogus 2022 | Vreugdenhil Bulbs & Plants

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C ATALO G 2022

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Content AFRICAN BREEZE

DECORUM

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Ornithogalum dubium

32

Ornithogalum dubium

12

Ornithogalum thyrsoides

35

Ornithogalum thyrsoides

14

Scilla peruviana

36

Scilla peruviana

18

Ensete maurelli

38

Ensete maurelli

20

Albuca spiralis

40

Albuca spiralis

24

Scadoxus

42

Pennisetum

26

Pennisetum

43

Eucomis

28

Eucomis

30

Oerknol

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Zambian carnivore programme Large carnivore species across Africa have become increasingly vulnerable. With growing human populations, the space and resources these notoriously wide-ranging animals need are depleted, often to the point where carnivores can no longer persist. In Zambia, a country that houses critical populations of endangered carnovires, the Zambian Carnivore Programme (ZCP) researches and mitigates current and prospective threats to all major large carnivore species.

By supporting african breeze you also support the zambian carnivore programme

Vreugdenhil Bulbs & Plants gets their products for African Breeze from Africa and therefore wants to give something back to that continent. That’s why Vreugdenhil Bulbs & Plants donates to the ZCP, so that the research, education and support of the large carnivore species can be continued.

Last year (2021) we handed over our third donation of € 11.250 at the Zambian Carnivore Project. We hope to be able to donate such a fantastic amount this season! www.zambiacarnivores.org The Zambian Carnivore Programme is, amongst others, financially supported and made possible by: WWF and National Geographic.

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the large carnivores Cheetah Another threatened species, the world’s fastest land mammal resides in the Greater Kafue and Liuwa Plain study areas, though once was also found in the Luangwa and could eventually be returned. Cheetah can range over thousands of kilometers in Zambia, making them and wild dogs the largest ranging species.

Lion Zambia is one of the few remaining countries with large populations of the most social of the big cats. The Luangwa valley houses one of Africa’s last 10 lion strongholds with the large expanse of Greater Kafue housing the country’s second largest population, and Liuwa Plain holding a small and recovering one, led by Lady Liuwa.

African Wild Dogs One of Africa’s most endangered carnivores the wild dog has been eliminated from most countries it once occurred in and Zambia is one of six countries with viable populations of this species, with the largest populations centered 4

Spotted Hyaena As Africa’s most widespread, successful and socially complex large carnivore hyaena are of key importance and found in every ecosystem we work in.

Maligned as a dirty scavenger, hyaena are actually prolific hunters and wonderful mothers, living in a clan system where rank and maternity rule.

in the Greater Kafue and Luangwa valley ecosystems.

The most social of the dog family, wild dogs are a unique genus and live in tightly knit social groups as packs, communally rearing their young and defending territories.

Leopard The most solitary of the big cats, leopard are found throughout Zambia, with the Luangwa valley being the reknown ‘Valley of the Leopard.’ Seldom seen in most ecosystems throughout the continent, leopards are regularly observed in the Greater Kafue and Luangwa.

Work areas The Zambian Carnivore Programme works across three distinct ecosystems in Zambia, each encompassing a wide range of biological, environmental and human variation.

In the absence of fences, the carnivore populations in the South Luangwa, Kafue, and Liuwa Plain National Parks traverse freely between the fully protected parks and the semi-secured, surrounding Game Management Areas (GMAs), which in turn comprise massive protected area complexes of up to 70,000 km2. Each study

site differs substantially in carnivore and herbivore abundance, diversity, and distribution as well as in ecological uniqueness, climate, and human impacts.

In concert this multi-site approach allows us to best obtain the necessary information on Zambia’s conservation threats and take steps to address them.

New this year: Vreugdenhil Bulbs & Plants have adopted meerkats! And that makes us a partner of Diergaarde Blijdorp (Rotterdam Zoo), one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands.

With our support, we contribute to the welfare of the meerkats in Blijdorp Zoo and to conservation projects to protect their natural environment.

Tanzania

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Angola

South Luangwa National Park Kafue National Park

Liuwa Plain National Park

Malawi

Zambia Mozambique

Zimbabwe Namibia Botswana

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THE DUBIUM ONLY GROWS IN NATURE IN THE CAPE PROVINCE IN SOUTH AFRICA (Table Mountain on the South Cape).

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Ornithogalum Dubium 10,5 cm (orange)

10,5

651006

12

12

TA612101 Luna

TA612100 Africa 7

THE CHEETAH IS THE FASTEST LAND ANIMAL, ESTIMATED TO BE CAPABLE OF RUNNING AT 80 TO 128 KM/H.

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Ornithogalum Dubium 10,5 cm (yellow)

10,5

651025

12

12

TA612102 Africa

TA612103 Luna

NEW

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THE BULBOUS PLANT ORNITHOGALUM DUBIUM IS ALSO CALLED STAR OF BETHLEHEM.

10 10

NEW

Ornithogalum Dubium 14 cm (orange)

14

614799

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN ORNITHOGALUM THYRSOIDES IS ALSO CALLED CHINKERINCHEE OR WONDER-FLOWER.

12

Ornithogalum Thyrsoides 14 cm (white)

14

614798

13

12 cm

SCILLA PERUVIANA, THE PORTUGUESE SQUILL, IS ALSO KNOWN AS HYACINTH-OF-PERU, CUBAN-LILY OR PERUVIAN SCILLA. 14

Scilla peruviana 12 cm

12

13

712040

TA713100 Luna

14

TA714200 Kenya

14

TA714201 Nairobi

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BOTH LEOPARDS AND JAGUARS THAT ARE MELANISTIC ARE KNOWN AS BLACK PANTHERS.

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Scilla peruviana 12 cm

14

TA714202 Annet

14

TA714203 Ruby

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THE AFRICAN WILD DOG IS ALSO CALLED THE AFRICAN PAINTED DOG AND THE AFRICAN HUNTING DOG.

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RICAN BREEZE

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Ensete maurelli 14 cm

14

514001

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ALBUCA SPIRALIS FINDS ITS ROOTS IN THE DESERT IN THE NORTHWEST OF SOUTH AFRICA.

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Albuca Spiralis

Frizzle Sizzle

12 cm

12

14

612111 no sleeve 612112 with sleeve

14

TA614119 Kenya

TA612113 Luna

14

TA614120 Nairobi

21

ALBUCA SPIRALIS IS COMMONLY CALLED THE CORKSCREW ALBUCA.

22

NEW

Albuca Spiralis

Frizzle Sizzle

12 cm

14

TA614201 Ruby

14

14

TA614202 Maud

TA614203 Annet

23

THE MEERKAT IS A SMALL

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SOUTHERN AFRICA.

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MONGOOSE FOUND IN

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SCADOXUS 14 cm

14

914520

25

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RICAN BREEZE

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RICAN BREEZE

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THE LION IS AN APEX AND KEYSTONE PREDATOR.

26

Pennisetum

Purple Baron

17 / 23 cm

17

917173

23

923173

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A CERTAIN TRIBE OF BANTU PEOPLE CALLED XHOSA USED THE BULBS AS A REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM.

28

Eucomis 17 cm

17

517006

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THIS VERY RARE TUBE ORIGINATES FROM PREHISTORY.

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NEW

Oerknol

African Breeze exclusive

12 cm

12

212130

14

TA214100 Annet

31

12 DTA612101 | LUNA

10,5 cm (orange)

Ornithogalum Dubium

10,5 D651006

12 DTA612100 | AFRICA

32

NEW

10,5 cm (yellow)

12 DTA612103 | LUNA

Ornithogalum Dubium

10,5 D651025

12 DTA612102 | AFRICA

33

34 14 cm (orange)

Ornithogalum Dubium

NEW

14 D614799

14 cm (white)

Ornithogalum Thyrsoides

14 D614798

35

14 DTA714203 | RUBY

12 cm

Scilla peruviana

14 DTA714202 | ANNET

12 D712040

36

NEW

NEW

14 DTA713100 | LUNA

14 DTA714200 | KENYA

14 DTA714201 | NAIROBI

37

38 14 cm

Ensete maurelli

14 D514001

39

14 DTA614202 | MAUD

14 DTA614203 | ANNET

40

NEW

12 cm

Albuca Spiralis Frizzle Sizzle

12 D612111

NEW

14 DTA614201 | RUBY

NEW

14 DTA612113 | LUNA

14 DTA614119 | KENYA

14 DTA614120 | NAIROBI

41

42 17 / 23 cm

Pennisetum Purple Baron

17 D917173

23 D923173

17 cm

Eucomis

17 D517006

43

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