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Specific Families and Genera => Amaryllidaceae => Topic started by: Alberto on October 15, 2008, 02:24:07 PM

Title: Hessea
Post by: Alberto on October 15, 2008, 02:24:07 PM

Hi all,
emerging with the leaves are the flowering stalks of Hessea stellaris. This genus is endemic to South Africa, mostly in the winter-rainfall region. In the photo is not so clear, but the tepals are suffused with pink.
Alberto

Hessea stellaris

Title: Re: Hessea
Post by: David Nicholson on October 15, 2008, 04:20:56 PM

Gorgeous little plant Alberto.