Plants with african roots
C ATALO G 2022
GROWING TOGETHER
Content AFRICAN BREEZE
DECORUM
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Ornithogalum dubium
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Ornithogalum dubium
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Ornithogalum thyrsoides
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Ornithogalum thyrsoides
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Scilla peruviana
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Scilla peruviana
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Ensete maurelli
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Ensete maurelli
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Albuca spiralis
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Albuca spiralis
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Scadoxus
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Pennisetum
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Pennisetum
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Eucomis
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Eucomis
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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)
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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)
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THE BULBOUS PLANT ORNITHOGALUM DUBIUM IS ALSO CALLED STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
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Ornithogalum Dubium 14 cm (orange)
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THE SOUTH AFRICAN ORNITHOGALUM THYRSOIDES IS ALSO CALLED CHINKERINCHEE OR WONDER-FLOWER.
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Ornithogalum Thyrsoides 14 cm (white)
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SCILLA PERUVIANA, THE PORTUGUESE SQUILL, IS ALSO KNOWN AS HYACINTH-OF-PERU, CUBAN-LILY OR PERUVIAN SCILLA. 14
Scilla peruviana 12 cm
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TA714200 Kenya
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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
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TA714202 Annet
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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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Ensete maurelli 14 cm
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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
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TA614119 Kenya
TA612113 Luna
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TA614120 Nairobi
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ALBUCA SPIRALIS IS COMMONLY CALLED THE CORKSCREW ALBUCA.
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Frizzle Sizzle
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TA614201 Ruby
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TA614202 Maud
TA614203 Annet
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THE MEERKAT IS A SMALL
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SCADOXUS 14 cm
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THE LION IS AN APEX AND KEYSTONE PREDATOR.
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Pennisetum
Purple Baron
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A CERTAIN TRIBE OF BANTU PEOPLE CALLED XHOSA USED THE BULBS AS A REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM.
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Eucomis 17 cm
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THIS VERY RARE TUBE ORIGINATES FROM PREHISTORY.
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African Breeze exclusive
12 cm
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TA214100 Annet
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12 DTA612101 | LUNA
10,5 cm (orange)
Ornithogalum Dubium
10,5 D651006
12 DTA612100 | AFRICA
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NEW
10,5 cm (yellow)
12 DTA612103 | LUNA
Ornithogalum Dubium
10,5 D651025
12 DTA612102 | AFRICA
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34 14 cm (orange)
Ornithogalum Dubium
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14 D614799
14 cm (white)
Ornithogalum Thyrsoides
14 D614798
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14 DTA714203 | RUBY
12 cm
Scilla peruviana
14 DTA714202 | ANNET
12 D712040
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14 DTA713100 | LUNA
14 DTA714200 | KENYA
14 DTA714201 | NAIROBI
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38 14 cm
Ensete maurelli
14 D514001
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14 DTA614202 | MAUD
14 DTA614203 | ANNET
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Albuca Spiralis Frizzle Sizzle
12 D612111
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14 DTA614201 | RUBY
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14 DTA612113 | LUNA
14 DTA614119 | KENYA
14 DTA614120 | NAIROBI
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42 17 / 23 cm
Pennisetum Purple Baron
17 D917173
23 D923173
17 cm
Eucomis
17 D517006
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