The Scadoxus Multiflorus Flower

Yeah, seen that beauty there? The Scadoxus Multiflorus is also knownnn as " The bloody Lilly." But you might wonder, why could something so beautiful be called bloody?
Well, not all that glitters is gold, you see, deep within this beautiful flower is a secret, it is deeply toxic containing alkaloids with lycorine being the most notable among them. What's he even saying? 🙂
well, in very simple terms, let us imagine that our bloody Lilly here wants to protect itself from some animals that might want to come and eat it, so this plant brings out it's superhero shield to protect itself.
This "shield" protects the plant by making the plant taste so bad and any animal or person who tries to eat it will fall sick. It's kind of the bloody Lilly's way of say, "stay away from me bro"
It's also a useful tool for hunting. Yeah, hunters takes advantage of it's toxicity to extract its poisonous substance and apply it on the tips of their arrows, when these arrows are eventually used for hunting, the poisonous substance in the tip of the arrow would weaken or immobilize the animal making the animals easier to capture.
Despite this, nothing should be taken away rfrromom how captivating the Scadoxus Multiflorus is, a true beauty, hope you someday come across this piece of nature.