South African bulbs/geophytes 2022

[PaulFlowers]

A beautiful and non scented freesia verrucosa - not that I see anything resembling verucas

[PaulFlowers]

A few ferrarías - I love these despite them taking up so much room

[ArnoldT]

Here's a couple of recently flowering Ferrarias.

[Redmires]

These make for fantastic images in macro - thanks both! I'd love to know how/why such complex and unusual flowers evolved, but my quick Internet search didn't turn up anything helpful and there seems to be quite a lot of variety in the pollinating insect species. Are there other genuses that have that amazing crumble-topping edge?

[ArnoldT]

Redmires:

I would imagine these flowers have evolved based on a combination of pollinators present and the environment.

Here's an article on pollination, but it is behind a paywall.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00606-008-0132-x

[Vinny 123]

Redmires:

Here's an article on pollination, but it is behind a paywall.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00606-008-0132-x

The paper is available as a free download if you search. Most are, usually via educational websites and/or directly from the author(s).

[ArnoldT]

Resnova magaphylla

[ArnoldT]

Daubenya zeyheri with mid leaf stripe