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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Véronique Macrelle on May 22, 2019, 05:51:09 AM

Title: african bulb ?
Post by: Véronique Macrelle on May 22, 2019, 05:51:09 AM

I got this flower after 4 years of cultivation, a mixture of bulb plant seeds from Plant Word Seeds.

an Iridaceae? hybrid or botanical?
 the foliage resembles that of Freesia laxa

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Title: Re: african bulb ?
Post by: JohnnyD on May 22, 2019, 10:22:32 AM

Looks like Schizostylis coccinea (syn Hesperantha).
Vigorous and will spread quickly - but definitely worth having.
JohnnyD

Title: Re: african bulb ?
Post by: fermi de Sousa on May 22, 2019, 10:31:02 AM

I'd say Tritonia crocata, but also definitely worth keeping
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: african bulb ?
Post by: Véronique Macrelle on May 23, 2019, 05:22:35 AM

thank you
  yes, rather Tritonia, because I know Schizostylis and this plant is only 30 cm.

all the more interesting because it spent 2 winters outside without protection before blooming. It adapted to my climate..