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Caesia
Caesia capensis (Bolus) Oberm. is a rare evergreen rhizomatous geophyte to 8 cm, forming compact cushions. It occurs on sandstone rocks at high elevations in the Westerm Cape and Karoo mountains of...
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Ipomoea
Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy is considered by Plants of the World Online in 2025 to be a synonym of Ipomoea carnea ssp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D.F.Austin. It is a summer-growing winter...
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Chlidanthus
Chlidanthus fragrans Herb. is a species native to the Peruvian Andes. It is one of the most fragrant bulbous flowers, with a scent of citrus. It blooms in late spring or early summer. It has a...
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Bloomeria
Bloomeria clevelandii S. Watson is native to scrub and coastal grassland from southern California (W. San Diego Co.) to northern Baja California, Mexico. It differs from the other species by having...
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Favorite Orange Flowered Bulbs Two
Tritonia crocata -- nice, rich shades of orange, Jennifer Hildebrand, New York, formerly Southern California, also cultivar Tritonia crocata'Prince of Orange', David Fenwick, UK.
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Olsynium
Olsynium biflorum(Thunb.) Goldblatt, syn. Phaiophleps biflora, is native to Southern Argentina. Height range: 10-40 cm. These photos taken by Bob Rutemoeller show plants blooming in Harry Hay's gardens...
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Cyclamen Species Three
Cyclamen purpurascens Miller, syn. Cyclamen europaeum Linnaeus, is found in woodland where it grows on moist rocky slopes rich in leaf mold and in deep to dappled shade at altitudes between 250-1,300 m...
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Xerophyllum
Xerophyllum asphodeloides (L.) Nutt. is found in coastal pine barrens and open, dry mountain woods in the eastern US (New Jersey south to Tennesse and Georgia). It is commonly known as "eastern...
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Juno Irises Two
Iris narbutii O.Fedtsch. from Central Asia is a short plant of 4-6" (10-15 cm) with yellow styles and yellow and violet falls. The standards are deflexed and bright purple. Photos by John Lonsdale of a...
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Eucomis Two
Eucomis bicolor Baker has a large head of white edged with purple flowers that are wider at the top. The flowers are covered in a rosette of smaller bract-like leaves giving this species its pineapple...
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