More Moraea (Homeria group) pictures

Paul Tyerman ptyerman@ozemail.com.au
Sat, 26 Apr 2003 06:21:29 PDT
Mary Sue,

>discovered this one yesterday in our garden. It is almost gold and such a 
>nice picture and just too pretty not to share. You can see orange and 
>yellow ones in the far distance.
>
>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…

That is just gorgeous.  I've never had anything to do with the Homerias
(now Moraeas) not for any particular reason other than "I just never have"
<grin>.  With colours like that I might have to start some looking.  What
sort of size is that flower?

>
>And Bob finally managed to get some of these in focus. His digital camera 
>just didn't seem to know where to focus. This one I found described on the 
>Mobot site. It isn't a Cape plant. It was discovered by Peter Goldblatt and 
>is found in Namaqualand in the Kamiesberg, an area I am hoping we can visit 
>again in August or September. It is Moraea pendula (syn. Homeria pendula)
>
>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…

This one is very interesting to me in that it is a vary similar flower to
Moraea marlothii.  However, the M. marlothii has a very thick stem with
small flowers (the scape can be 3 foot tall, with the flowers a bit over an
inch wide, and just one huge leaf that is over 4 foot long) that hang in
the same way.  What sort of dimensions to this plant and flowers?  I can
only assume that the M. marlothii is closely related?

Very interesting pics Mary Sue, I'm glad you posted them.

Cheers.

Paul Tyerman
Canberra, Australia.  USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9
mailto:ptyerman@ozemail.com.au

Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus,
Cyrtanthus, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about anything
else that doesn't move!!!!!


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