Meaning of bulbophile | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who is obsessed with bulb plants.

Examples

“To those who know⟳ it not I may say⟳ the flowers are nearly an inch across, like⟳ golden stars, the colour being deep yellow, with a medial brown nerve to each perianth division. They last⟳ a long time in beauty, and are to one bulbophile at least very attractive.”

“Perhaps some bulbophile can show⟳ us how easy they are to flower "when one knows how."”

“This year, some of the catalogues offered varieties of this strain⟳, and those of us who are bulbophiles, and who, with appetites whetted by last⟳ year's glowing descriptions, were eagerly watching to see⟳ these transcendent productions burst⟳ into view⟳ on the commercial horizon, were promised that we should have⟳ bulbs (for consideration) that should produce⟳ flowers five inches across in the greatest profusion, which would withstand⟳ the fiercest sunshine and the heaviest rain⟳ without injury.”

“Richard Nutt, M.A., F.I.C.E., is a widely travelled engineer, amateur botanist and bulbophile, whose particular interest⟳ is the genus Galanthus.”

“Bulbophiles definitely should consider⟳ experimenting with this unique approach⟳ to groundcover under their bulbous plants.”

“Roehm's fascination with these fancy flowers is shared by many bulbophiles, […]”

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