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Home Posts tagged "Ixia"

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Strictly Correct Ixia

Ixia stricta (Iridaceae)

The bright pink Ixia stricta, with its contrasting yellow anthers, appears towards the end of the season of spring bulbs in the Overberg. The stem is very thin and delicate, like most Ixia species, yet it holds itself quite upright. From this habit it gets its name, “stricta”. Stricta is…

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Flora bulb, corm, geophyte, Iridaceae, Ixia, November, October, Spring

Evening Flowers

Hesperantha radiata subsp. radiata (Iridaceae) flower

It is not just animals that are nocturnal, some flowers also come into their own as dusk gathers. Hesperantha radiata is one of these flowers. During daylight hours, the dark red outer petals are closed firmly around the anthers and style. The flowers are almost invisible to a passerby and…

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Flora August, corm, Geissorhiza, geophyte, Hesperantha, Iridaceae, Ixia, July, night-scented, nocturnal, October, Spring, winter

Wandering in the Wind

Ixia micrandra (Iridaceae) flower spike

Many bulbous plants are stimulated to flower following a fire. However, for many of these plants, they do not require a fire as such but for the surrounding vegetation to be cleared. In which case, while the species may flower most profusely after a fire, individuals can often flower where…

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Flora August, bulb, corm, geophyte, Iridaceae, Ixia, Ixia confusa, Ixia micrandra, Ixia minor, July, winter
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