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Diane Clement

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Iridaceae
« on: October 17, 2012, 09:33:12 PM »
Can anyone help with the identification of this plant?   The picture was sent to me from a garden in Madeira.
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Re: Iridaceae
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2012, 10:13:54 PM »
Got a look of Moraea cedarmontana  (syn. Gynandriris cedarmontana) about it, but I'm not sure - the flower in the photo is reflexed a lot..... :-\
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Re: Iridaceae
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2012, 10:14:44 PM »
Are Iris tectorum or I wattii possibilities Diane?
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Re: Iridaceae
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2012, 01:16:01 AM »
It looks like Dietes iridioides,
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Dietes
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Re: Iridaceae
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2012, 04:19:54 AM »
Quote from: David Nicholson on October 17, 2012, 10:14:44 PM
Are Iris tectorum or I wattii possibilities Diane?

No.

I'm with Fermi here, one of the not hardy Moraea species or Dietes, like the Lord Howe Is.Wedding Iris et al.
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Re: Iridaceae
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2012, 06:52:19 AM »
Quote from: fermides on October 18, 2012, 01:16:01 AM
It looks like Dietes iridioides,
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Dietes
cheers  fermi 

Thanks Fermi I think you've got it (and thanks for Maggi and David for having a go!)  I thought it didn't look quite right for Moraea, having waded through PBS Moraea pages, but my experience of South Africans in general is rather poor.
 
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Re: Iridaceae
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2012, 04:22:03 AM »
Very similar to what's coming into flower in the car parks around us. The yellow markings seem to vary a lot. We also have Dietes grandiflora and D. bicolor.
« Last Edit: October 19, 2012, 05:55:42 AM by Anthony Darby »
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Re: Iridaceae
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2012, 03:25:01 AM »
Dietes iridioides. Can live on surprisingly low light levels.
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Re: Iridaceae
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2012, 08:27:18 AM »
Here it is flowering in Greenmount Reserve (local football pitches) car park.
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