Hello, From the description I would go with Aristea, I think. Aaron Floden Kansas --- Aqua Flora <aquaflorasa@telkomsa.net> wrote: > Dear group, > > I am hoping someone can help me identify a species > of Iridaceae I have > sighted growing on the Magaliesberg Mountains in the > former Transvaal > province of South Africa (now Gauteng). > > Unfortunately I do not have a photo, but I hope my > description will be > sufficient to at least point me to the right genus. > > The plants were growing on a north facing slope, in > crevices on a rock sheet > which has some water seepage after rains. The plants > were in flower during > January (mid summer) and seeds where ripe by April. > The flowers were > approximately 2 cm in diameter and of a lilac-blue > colour. The most striking > feature was the multiple branched inflorescences > which were about 30 cm tall > and were in flower for 2-3 weeks. > > I can not recall how the leaves looked, but they > were not longer than the > inflorescence at time of flowering. There was a > whole colony of them and not > just a few scattered individuals. > > My first thought was Moraea, but I can't find > anything similar in, The > Moraea's of Southern Africa, by Goldblatt. > > Any help, advice, suggestions etc. are most welcome! > > Thanks! > > Pieter van der Walt > South Africa > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > ____________________________________________________________________________________Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/