Albuca Spiralis ~ Frizzle Sizzle Care Guide & Species Spotlight - Corkscrew Albuca
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2021
- The good news is this amazing looking plant is very easy to look after - the bad news is if you just fell in love and want to buy one, in the UK at least - ya can’t! Because as far as I can tell this guy is the very last one! Certainly on the interwebs, no more, all gone! I even checked on the Dutch grower's website, not that you can buy from those guys they only sell wholesale to garden centres and shops but they don't have any either so as far as I can tell these are impossible to get hold of, now there may be a garden centre somewhere that doesn’t have a website that still has one or two left somewhere but they don’t tend to hold onto the stock for very long so if you see one grab it quick! Because at least for now there certainly seems to be a shortage. Hopefully, they will be available again at some stage. Now if you do have one of these be sure to watch until the care tips because there is an unusual character trait with these guys that could mean you throw away a perfectly healthy houseplant so stay tuned!
So the Albuca Spiralis originates from South Africa as many houseplants do, I will be going to South Africa as soon as we’re allowed to travel again so hopefully, I can show you some of our favourite houseplants in their native habitat that would be cool wouldn’t it!
This one comes from the Western Cape which gives us a clue to their growing conditions, it doesn’t get too cold there in the winter probably 15c but doesn’t get very humid either with highs of maybe 27c in Summer the climate is similar to that of the Mediterranean so you won’t see the scorching African temperatures like you can do further inland or the tropical conditions of eastern parts in Kwazulu Natal for example.
The flower spikes can grow quite long and the flowers actually have a really sweet fragrance that I can smell already and they haven’t even opened fully yet.
So in the UK and Europe you can grow this outside in summer as long as it stays above 15c and maybe keep it out of the direct sun all day to avoid leaf scorching but otherwise it will be happy in a bright sunny position, it will be happy inside too but don’t keep it in the shade as it may lose its frizzy spirally shapes.
Propagation is by division of offsets, so as it gets mature smaller plants will grow from the base and when repotting every few years or so you can remove the offsets to gain more plants.
Now - this is what you need to be aware of if you have one of these or are looking to buy one, once the flowers are done if the foliage starts to turn yellow and die back don’t worry, all the spiral foliage could die back in the summer and you could be left with just the bulbs in the soil, this is normal and it’s going into its dormancy period and unlike many houseplants that do this in the winter the Albuca does it in the summer and comes back to life in the winter, so don’t throw it in the trash whatever you do! It’s still most likely fine and healthy, just having a rest! Leave it to one side somewhere you can keep an eye on it and in a few months’ time, it will burst back into life with fountains of spirals once again!
Mother Nature has always been the most talented artist, and with this little plant she let her fantasy take flight :)
I've successfully grown some from seed and now have 8 healthy seedlingsand their leaves are starting to curl.Well worth the effort and patience.
Amazing!
I just found your video tonight! I ordered a Frizzle Sizzle about 3 months ago & it was just a "dead" brown bulb. Thankfully the vendor sent a note that it was only dormant! So...I've been sitting here watching a "dead" bulb all this time! 2 nights ago I saw the top of the bulb was swelling just a tad so I looked & saw fresh bulb tissue that is pale green!! So if any of your viewers didn't believe you, I'm here to back you up! I'm so excited to see growth! I hope she does as well as yours has! I got her from an online vendor here in the US.
Amazing! It's always exciting to see new life emerging! I hope you enjoy your new plant!
@@HouseplantHacks I WILL...IF I can keep her alive!
I’ve just bought one from my local garden centre in Kent . Can’t wait for it to flower. Thanks for the care guide,so interesting.
Great to hear that you managed to buy one! Enjoy your plant. 👍
Was it by any chance stones garden centre in the Isle of Sheppey? I went there today cos I fancied going to the sea front for a walk... and there was a tray of 10. So I thought, ooooh! I never grew one of these. So I choose one.
I see that your post was 2 years ago, and Kent is not just the isle of Sheppey lol
How did it fare for you over the last 2 years?
@@charliebrown9188 Hi yes it was , wow was that two years ago. It's still thriving and has flowered 3 times .the corms are getting bigger and it's just sprouting again now .its got four forms now and they are covered with really curly shoots.
@@louisehenderson903 Fantastic to read that. 🙂 I'm going to plant mine in a terracotta pot so it dries out faster as i think its soil is too moisture retentive. your reply is inspiring.
I just got one I can’t believe yours is so big !! She’s gorgeous !! 💕💕💗 makes me so excited , mine is super tiny right now !
Good luck!! It's a beautiful plant! :-)
( ring) Hello. Hi Mr. Mouse, I'm just calling to see what you think about that plant. I think it kind of looks like something out of a Dr. Seuss book or maybe an amaryllis. Yeah, I kind of see that but I also see the type of space plant Dr. Smith would run from on Lost in Space. Oh yeah, Mr Mouse, I see that. Only it's missing something. Help! Will! Penny! It's going to get me - oh my tired and weary bones! Yep, that's what it was missing- definitely a space plant!
I just got one at a nursery here in Phoenix!!! They had a bunch of them 👍😀👍
That's awesome!
Incredible! Fingers crossed that you may travel safely soon !💕
Thank you so much!! :-)
I found bulbs on amazon but im in states but both grew and one’s getting a flower so maybe look for bulbs of them was fun to watch it come up from bulb
I could only find seeds in the UK, I imagine they would take a long time to grow into a mature plant that creates its own bulb.
@@HouseplantHacks bulbs grew pretty quick here in sunny window , im always worried bout buying seeds a lot of fakes out there
Bought one from Etsy last summer. You can buy as many as your heart desires! Mine is in its dormancy stage so I’m looking for care tips for this time of its cycle..it’s the coolest little guy!
This video was made some time ago, I have seen one of these at my local garden centre just yesterday so the supply is obviousy back up now in the UK at least.
@@HouseplantHacks I still don’t know I I’m suppose to water the bulb in the dormancy stage every other month or just leave it be?
🐀🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🧀 There it is! I was looking for that.
You are right, it's not available here in Pakistan, I m a regular nursery visited, never seen it anywhere. Beautiful.... You are a very lucky man to have it.
Thank you! :-)
I recently got one in North Carolina in US. But its not getting enough light as our winter in Illinois is brutal and hardly no sun. Im hoping it will get sunny soon.
Good luck with it.
I bought one from etsy
I’ve also heard it looses its spirals if you overwater it also
I found a garden centre in the isle of Sheppey, Kent, that often has some amazing gems.... There it was - a tray of 10. I picked one with 3 bulbs (I think greed is a trait of most/many plant collectors) and on closer inspection now at home, it looks like 4. I'm not going to touch it just yet though.
I can't see signs of it having flowered, but maybe it has already.... however its now September, so I'm going to play it by ear. The soil it is in looks very much like bog standard multipurpose compost that you can buy at B&Q and after watching a few videos including this one I'm wondering whether to let it dry out completely until it is asleep and repot it into a sandy mix and wake it up in time for xmas ... any advice on this would be appreciated.
After a bit of prelaminar research at the garden centre, my first thought was that succulents (or plants from arid parts of the world - if you like) don't do terribly well for me, but I bought one anyway. Having said that, 2 of my Sansevieria even flowered for me this year..... so, here goes an new experiment.
Its now 2 years on since you posted this video - according to youtube - and I'd love to know how your albuca is doing?
Thanks for posting. 👍👍
I don't have enough space in my house to keep all the plants I review and feature so this one went to a friend as a gift some time ago.
Hi! I have had a dry bulb for a few months & it's just now starting to DO something! Two nights ago I finally saw a new, green ring at the top of the bulb showing between the dry, papery skin! How exciting! I'm in the US Southeast in growing zone 7. It's the 2nd week in Oct & only now getting chilly, so maybe she'd have started earlier if I was in a colder climate?? I tell this in case you live relatively close. I hope yours does well.
I have a frizzle sizzle, it went into Dormity and it’s coming back, but the leaves are very thin and not curling
Generally, fewer curls are a result of insufficient sunlight.
Mine is thin and has very fine leaves. It’s beginning to flower but I want mine to look like yours. Suggestions?
I shuld fill out over time, if you keep up the care it should look like this as it gets more mature.
I put it in my windowsill in my kitchen for only 1 day & the flower buds turned all pink 😳. I'm not sure what is happening. I put it outside this evening. It's over 110° here in the day so I'm not sure what to do with it?? 🤔
Oh no! Maybe it was too intence for it on the windowsill, if you can find a spot that gets sun for part of the day, maybe the morning an dthen shade for the hotter parts of the day maybe it would be more happy. Good luck with it.
Oh I don't believe it - I have been wanting a frizzle sizzle. Haven't seen them anywhere here yet either. Plants seem to come in and out of fashion so maybe they are here but everyone is snapping them up!
I know! It's funny how they come and go sometimes, it may be due to the growers seasons or just availablity, I'm glad a grabbed this one though it's a lovley specimin. :-)
Very easy to overwater.
Did you get your plant from Cowell's? Its April 2024 and I've just walked out of Cowell's garden centre with the last one in my hands!
I can't remember where I got it from now, it was a while ago, but I think there was a recent new batch sent out because a friend of mine got hold of one recently also. Amazing plants!
@@HouseplantHacks There's only one garden centre just outside Newcastle that would stock exotic plants like this! Thanks for the video! I'm going to place it in a south facing window at work, and wait for it to shrivel up in summer, and then come back to live in Autumn/Winter!
@@HouseplantHacks Is your Albuca Spiralis still alive btw?!
@@ajayempee I gave it away to a friend, I can't keep them all unfortunately, my house isn't big enough! :-)
I bought on line and got a bulb😢 I've been looking for how to plant the bulb...plzzzz help!!
It's quite simple, you can kind of see in the video that the bulb is planted with just the top exposed, this is the depth you need to plant it.
My son bought me one for mother's day, but it's started going limp...What am I doing wrong?
These are quite tricky plants to grow, it's hard to say for sure without seeing it but if you follow the advice in this care guide hopefully it will bounce back.
@@HouseplantHacks I have yet to gain experience on Albuca, but generally speaking overwatered plants often go limp.
Obviously you are from a Dutch background
Ik heb lang geleden twee jaar in Nederland gewoond!
Is one's ethnic background relevant to the success of growing albuca? I lived near Gronau - other side of the border from Enschede for 6 years, does it mean that mine will thrive too?