Tritonia

Tritonia is a cormous genus in the Iridaceae family from southern Africa. Most of them are in the winter rainfall regions or areas with some rain year round, but there are summer rainfall species too. They occur in a variety of habitats: grassland in summer rainfall areas, renosterveld, karroid scrub, and fynbos in winter rainfall areas. There are 28 species. Tritonia is in the Croceae tribe and is very similar to Crocosmia and Ixia. Experience from one Northern California gardener who can have very wet winters is that many of the species she grows are unhappy with these conditions and when they bloom late spring or early summer the leaves can be unattractive and the flowers can be ruined by late rains. They might be happier in dryer climates and/or grown with more protection from the rain. They seem to do better in climates with wet winters when grown in the ground instead of pots. The leaves need to be cut off at ground level after they die back. Cameron McMaster has provided interesting information about this genus in an article he wrote for Farmer's Weekly in 2008. See de Vos and Goldblatt, 1999 and Manning, Goldblatt, and Snijman, 2002 for more information.

Species can be accessed by consulting the three Tritonia pages listed below where they are arranged alphabetically or by clicking on the species by name in the table.

Tritonia species
Tritonia bakeri	Tritonia chrysantha	Tritonia cooperi	*Tritonia crispa	Tritonia crocata	Tritonia deusta
Tritonia disticha	Tritonia drakensbergensis	Tritonia dubia	Tritonia flabellifolia	Tritonia florentiae	Tritonia gladiolaris
Tritonia hybrids	Tritonia karooica	Tritonia laxifolia	*Tritonia lineata	Tritonia pallida	Tritonia parvula
Tritonia securigera	Tritonia squalida	Tritonia undulata