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Barberetta

Barberetta aurea Harv. is a tuberous species that grows in colonies, in forests on wet rocky forest floor, up to 1600 m and flowers November-March. It has long leaves broader at the middle and tapering...

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Haemanthus Species One

Haemanthus carneus Ker Gawl. see the Haemanthus carneus page.Representative photos of this species from Nhu Nguyen, Byron Amerson, Mary Sue Ittner, and Cameron McMaster.

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Spathantheum

Spathantheum orbignyanum Schott is a rare aroid from the Andes where it is found at elevations of 2000-3000 m in Bolivia and also in Peru and Northwest Argentina. At these high elevations it...

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Lachenalia Species Six

Lachenalia summerfieldii G.D.Duncan is known from an area north of Middelpos in the Roggeveld where it grows in seasonally moist doleritic clay that bakes hard in summer. Flowering September to...

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Pinellia

Pinellia cordata N.E.Br. is a small plant 20 cm tall with marbled or green dentate leaves, and a small green spathe with long spadix. Giorgio Pozzi May 2007.

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Narcissus Division Six

Narcissus'Cha Cha' is an unusual colour for this division. Photos by David Pilling. The pot is 5" tall and wide.

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Disporopsis

Disporopsis pernyi (Hua) Diels is an evergreen native to China and bears greenish white, axillary flowers in the spring. Sometimes known as "Perny's Evergreen Solomon's Seal" - Paul Hubert Perny...

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Geranium

Geranium �� magnificum is a hybrid of Geranium ibericum Cav. and Geranium platypetalum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. A typical vigorous cottage garden blue geranium easily passed along by digging up a chunk of...

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Miersia

Miersia chilensis Lindl. was first described in 1826. It is from the middle regions of Chile where it grows at low altitudes in shady wet conditions. Height: 20 cm. Photos by Alessandro Marinello.

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Scadoxus

Scadoxus cinnabarinus (Decne.) Friis & Nordal is widely distributed in West and Central Africa. It is evergreen. The bulb is used in combination with other plants as a poison and is also used...

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Calopogon

Calopogon pallidus Chapm. is a species found near the coast along the coastal plain from North Carolina south to Georgia and north Florida, west through the panhandle to Louisiana. As the name suggests...

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Moraea Species Five

Moraea intermedia Goldblatt & J.C. Manning described by Goldblatt and Manning in 2010 is a rare species found in open sandy places among granite outcrops in Namaqualand near Springbok. It is a...

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Eucomis Two

Eucomis autumnalis (Mill.) Chitt. from southeastern southern Africa is found on rocky, grassy slopes and has white to greenish flowers and flowers summer into fall. It grows in a variety of habitats...

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Diplarrena

Diplarrena moraea Labill. from Victoria, Tasmania, and New South Wales, has white, white and yellow, or sometimes white with yellow and some purple, honey-scented flowers. It grows en masse at times...

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Disa Two

Disa bracteata Sw. is found in moist, open, sandy places on flats and in mountains and in disturbed grassland and roadsides in the Western and Eastern Cape, South Africa. Growing from 15 to 50 cm, it...

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Favorite Yellow Flowered Bulbs Four

Triteleia ixioides -- many different wonderful subspecies for long bloom, special mention to Triteleia ixioides ssp. scabra'Tiger', Mary Sue Ittner, Northern California. Triteleia ixioides'High Sierra...

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South African Oxalis Seven

Oxalis nortieri T.M.Salter is an acaulescent species that occurs sporadically in clay soils in the eastern Little Karoo. Growing up to 10 cm, this species has leaves with one succulent elliptic-obovate...

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Uvularia

Uvularia grandiflora Sm. has yellow flowers and blooms spring to summer. It is found from Canada to the southeastern United States. Common names are bellwort or merrybells. Height: to about 2 ft. The...

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Pamianthe

Pamianthe peruviana Stapf is the most commonly grown species. It grows as an epiphyte on tree branches in moist forests in Peru. It prefers moderate temperatures, and can do well as a houseplant if...

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Macropidia

Macropidia fuliginosa, also known as the "Black Kangaroo Paw", grows in kwongan and woodland in lateritic soil. It has fans 20 to 50 cm long with a flowering stem to 1.5m and flowers 5-6 cm. It is hard...

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