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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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Worsleya
Worsleya procera (Lem.) Traub, syn. W. rayneri (Hook.f.) Traub & Moldenke, is one of the most sought after and rarest of the bulb world. It is native to Brazil. In its native habitat these plants...
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Tapeinochilos
Tapeinochilos ananassae is also known as the Indonesian Wax Ginger and is native from Malaysia to Queensland, Australia. It grows to about 8' (2.5m) tall. Photos below were taken by Nhu Nguyen at the...
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Homeria Two
Moraea miniata Andrews (syn. Homeria miniata) (Andrews) Sweet is widespread (Namaqualand, Roggeveld, northwest, southwest, and southern Cape), growing mainly on clay slopes, renosterveld and karroid...
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Bear Valley Road
Triteleia laxa photos below were taken by Mary Sue Ittner in 2005, 2016, 2019.
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Dipcadi
Dipcadi rigidiflorum Baker is native from Zimbabwe to the Northern Cape Province. It is a summer grower. These plants appear to be self-fertile. Height range: 30-60 cm. The photos below were taken by...
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Pelargonium Species Four
Pelargonium species This is a plant grown from seed obtained from Silverhill seeds as P. incrassatum. Whilst it is clearly a plant of Section Hoarea, it is not P. incrassatum, but I have not yet...
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Xenoscapa
Xenoscapa uliginosa Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Kamies Fairypipe, is endemic to the Kamiesberg in Namaqualand. It has long tubed pink flowers that are pollinated by the long proboscid fly. Height...
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Elythranthera
Elythranthera emarginata (Lindl.) A.S.George in 2023 is considered to be a synonym of Caladenia emarginata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. Known as the pink enamel orchid, it has pink shiny flowers a little larger...
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Geissorhiza Species Two
Geissorhiza imbricata (D.Delaroche) Ker Gawl. flowers from August to November. As it grows in wet sandy flats, marshes, and next to streams in the winter rainfall areas it needs good water until it...
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Salvia
Salvia patens Cav. is native from Mexico to Guatemala. It is a summer growing, winter dormant species where the plant dies down to just the tubers underground. It is an easy species to grow and plants...
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Dioscorea
Dioscorea bulbifera L. is a perennial vine with broad, alternate leaves, and two types of storage organs. The plant forms bulbils in the leaf axils of the twining stems and tubers beneath the ground....
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Empodium
Empodium namaquensis (Baker) M.F.Thomps. is native to South Africa, and is found on rocky outcrops from Namaqualand to Clanwilliam. It grows to 30 cm and has tufted, broad pleated leaves and yellow...
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Gethyum
Gethyum atropurpureum Phil. syn. Solaria atropurpurea (Phil.) Ravenna is a species native to the area near Santiago, Chile. It is from an area with mild wet winters and is dormant in summer. This...
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