Ixia is a genus in the Iridaceae family with 50 species mainly from the western, southwestern, and southern winter-rainfall areas of the northern, western and eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa. Corms are planted in autumn in a free-draining potting mix in a sunny position. Most flowers only open on sunny days. Seed is also sown in autumn, the earlier in the season the better, to let them have as long a growing time as possible after germination before drying them off. Most species will multiply by producing new cormlets around the main corm and you can separate these in the dormant summer period. You can store them completely dry and replant the next autumn period. For more information about Ixia consult De Vos and Goldblatt, 1999. Another resource is the web page Bill Richardson from Australia has created for this genus.
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