The genus Moraea can be divided into five groups: Galaxia, Gynandriris, Hexaglottis , Homeria, and Moraea.
Moraea index lists all the species in all five groups alphabetically.
Moraea group species T are found on this wiki page.
The other species in the Moraea group are listed alphabetically on these wiki pages: Moraea group A – Moraea group B – Moraea group C-E – Moraea group F – Moraea group G-I – Moraea group J-M – Moraea group N-R – Moraea group S – Moraea group U-V
Moraea thomasiae grows on south-facing slopes in the renosterveld in the Northwest Cape and the Karoo Mountains. It has pale yellow flowers with dark veins and blooms late winter-early spring. The first two pictures were taken by Bob Rutemoeller in September 2003 in the Little Karoo and the third garden plant was photographed by Bob Werra.
Moraea tortilis is a species from Namaqualand where it is often assosciated with quartzite outcrops. It has blue or white short lived flowers with reflexed inner tepals and small nectar guides. Leaves are coiled like a corkscrew. Photo by Bob Werra
Moraea tricolor found on wet sandy flats in the southwestern Cape blooms late winter-early spring in the wild. It has pink, red, purple, or yellow short lived flowers with yellow nectar guides on the outer tepals and is fragrant. Photos by Bob Werra and Alan Horstmann..
Photos taken by Cameron McMaster near Napier in the Overberg show a form without dark maroon edging on the yellow nectar guides.
Moraea tricuspidata is a late blooming Moraea that resembles Moraea bellendenii except it is a bit shorter and white. It grows on sandstone, granite, or sometimes clay slopes and is found in quite a few different areas of the Cape. It doesn't always bloom each year for me in cultivation and is reported to bloom well after a fire. Photos by Bob Rutemoeller of one in cultivation and one growing in a wild area of Kirstenbosch seen September 2006.
Moraea trifida is a summer rainfall species that occurs in eastern Southern Africa where it grows in moist grassland. It has a single leaf that is often not longer than the stem and small cream to dull yellow usually unbranched flowers with trilobed inner tepals. Photo by Cameron McMaster taken in the Eastern Cape.
Moraea tripetala is a widely distributed winter rainfall species found on rocky sandstone and clay soils. Flowers are open for a few days.
The first two photos by Bob Rutemoeller and Mary Sue Ittner were of flowers seen near Middelpos in the Roggeveld September 2006. The next three were taken September 2006 near Nieuwoudtville.
Photos by Bob Rutemoeller of garden flowers in Northern California and by Mary Sue Ittner of blooming in 2005 when it bloomed for a long time and abundantly in two Northern California gardens. The third photo of mass bloom was taken by Bob Werra and the fourth photo showing a lighter from was taken by Alan Horstmann. The last two photos taken by Arnold Trachtenberg are of corms donated by Robert Werra in BX 79 and grown under HID lights.
Moraea tulbaghensis now includes the former Moraea neopavonia, but some have retained the old names. Both had orange flowers with large outer tepals, but what was formerly known as M. tulbaghensis is a smaller plant that does not fully open (is more ascending), has longer anthers, and more green and less blue in the nectar guides. The first photo was taken by Bob Rutemoeller of plant grown by Gordon Summerfield and the next ones by Bob Werra. He admitted he blew on the flower to make the close-up open more fully for his picture.
This very beautiful form was on display at the August 2006 IBSA meeting. By the description it may have been what was once Moraea neopavonia. Photo by Bob Rutemoeller.
Galaxia – Gynandriris – Hexaglottis – Homeria A-J – Homeria K-Z – Moraea group A – Moraea group B – Moraea group C-E – Moraea group F – Moraea group G-I – Moraea group J-M – Moraea group N-R – Moraea group S – Moraea group U-V – Moraea index
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