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From Calathea on Sunday 25th of January 2026 04:59:05 PM PST
Calathea burle-marxii H.Kenn. is native to Bahia State, Brazil. It is considered by Plants of the World Online to be a synonym of Goeppertia burle-marxii (H.Kenn.) Borchs. & S.Suárez. Height: about 50 cm. The photos below were taken by Uluwehi Knecht of plants grown in Honolulu, Hawai'i.
From Colchicum Species Two on Saturday 24th of January 2026 06:56:41 PM PST
Colchicum montanum L. (syn. Merendera montana (L.) Lange, Merendera bulbocodioides Willd., Bulbocodium montanum (L.) Heynh.) has early fall blooming flowers which rest on the ground followed by linear leaves. It is found in meadows and rocky slopes in Spain and Portugal. Height range: 10-15 cm. The first two photos by John Lonsdale. The last photo of corms by Dr. Dimitri Zubov
From Galanthus on Friday 23rd of January 2026 06:29:34 PM PST
Galanthus × allenii Baker is considered to be a wild hybrid between Galanthus alpinus and Galanthus woronowii found in the Caucasus. It has broad grey green leaves. The flowers are almond scented. The outer segments are broadly ovate and the inner three segments are marked with green near the apex only. Height range: 8-12 cm. Photos by John Lonsdale.
From Sparaxis on Thursday 22nd of January 2026 04:08:27 PM PST
Sparaxis metelerkampiae (L.Bolus) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning (syn. Synnotia metelerkampiae, Synnotia variegata ssp. metelerkampiae) is found on rocky sandstone slopes in the Northern and Western Cape. It has bilaterally symmetrical unscented flowers that are purple with white spade-shaped markings on the lower tepals. Once considered a subspecies of Sparaxis variegata, it differs in having smaller mostly violet flowers and short purple anthers with tangled style branches. It also has a different pollinator. Sparaxis metlerkampiae with its longer sharply bent tube is pollinated by long-proboscid flies and Sparaxis variegata by bees. This species grows from 15 to 30 cm and flowers from August to mid September. The first photo was taken by Bob Rutemoeller and the second by Alan Horstmann of garden plants. The last three were taken by Mary Sue Ittner including one of corms (round with coarse fibers) on a 1 cm grid.
Photos below were taken in habitat. The first from Mary Sue Ittner was taken near Clanwilliam, South Africa, September 2006. The last three were taken by Rod Saunders and Rachel Saunders.
From South African Oxalis Four on Wednesday 21st of January 2026 04:32:59 PM PST
Oxalis flava L. is a fall blooming South African species-complex with solitary yellow, white or pink flowers found on sandy flats from Namaqualand southwards to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to Riverdale. For more information and photos see the Oxalis flava page.
Representative photos from Mary Sue Ittner, Bob Rutemoeller, and Christiaan van Schalkwyk are shown below.
From Arum on Tuesday 20th of January 2026 04:40:23 PM PST
Arum purpureospathum P.C.Boyce is endemic to the island of Crete. Height range: to about 40 cm. Photos 1-3 were contributed by the UC Botanical Garden. Photo 4 was taken by Nhu Nguyen at the UC Botanical Garden of the plants blooming in early April. Photo 5 by Gianluca Corazza who took it in habitat in early May, when plants were fruiting.
This species is quite interesting over a long period of time. In my northern California garden the large leaves appear in September. They are very shiny and even look nice when rained on. Flowering occurs between November and February depending on the year. In the third photo below the leaves are dying but the plants have green fruit in April. By July the fruit has turned red but in between at times the fruit was green and red. The fifth and sixth photos show the seeds and tubers on a 1 cm grid. Photos by Mary Sue Ittner.
From Narcissus Species Six on Monday 19th of January 2026 06:33:59 PM PST
Narcissus triandrus. 1c - "angel's tears" daffodils. These drooping flowers have a rounded corona and swept-back petals, giving an overall look that's somewhat reminiscent of a miniature shuttlecock. They bloom in spring. Height range: 10-15 cm. Louise Beebe Wilder called them "a priceless gift from the Spanish Peninsula to the gardening world." This is either a species with several variants, or a group of several closely related species. Mathew classifies it as a single variable species. Usually represented in cultivation by the creamy white form shown in the photo. It is an adaptable plant (the one shown is growing on a peaty rock garden bed that is watered frequently in summer) and often self-sows in gardens. Photo by Jane McGary.
Narcissus triandrus var. cernuus. (syn. N. triandrus albus) Pale yellow or cream. Leaves about 2 mm wide. Spain and Portugal. Narcissus triandrus var. concolor (syn. N. triandrus ssp. pallidulus , N. pallidulus, N. lusitanicus). Yellow flowers. Spain and Portugal. Narcissus triandrus var. loiseleurii (syn. N. triandrus ssp. capax) Like var. triandrus, but with white flowers. France. Narcissus triandrus var. triandrus. Pale yellow or white, leaves are 4–5 mm wide. Spain.
From Trillium Species One on Sunday 18th of January 2026 04:25:06 PM PST
Trillium cuneatum Raf. grows over a vast area in the United States (Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee) and is easily the largest of any eastern sessile trillium. Growing mainly in upland slopes and woods, it could be described as coarse when compared with the smaller species but it is particularly spectacular when seen enmasse. Very many different forms occur over this range and these can be confused in cultivation with other species. Petal color varies from yellow through green to brown and deep maroon; leaves can be pure silver, green or strongly mottled. Height: 30-45 cm. Photos by John Lonsdale.
From Leucocrinum on Saturday 17th of January 2026 05:57:28 PM PST
Leucocrinum montanum Nutt. ex A.Gray, or sand lily, is a perennial that grows from a deep caudex in dryish sandy soil. Six to fifteen leaves, 4-8" long, basal, grow surrounded by papery bracts. The scented flowers are white with six tepals, growing about 1.5-2" wide and 2-3" tall on long tubes. There is some variation of tepal width and length, as seen in the photos below. The pedicels and ovaries remain underground, similar to Crocus. This plant is locally common in southeastern Oregon, the northeastern corner of California, and east to Nebraska and Utah. Height range: 5-10 cm. One unique characteristic of this species is that the seeds remain underground in their pods. It is believed that ants distribute the seeds thereafter. The first photo by David Wagner was taken a few miles SW of Alturas, Modoc County, California. The next two photos by Mary Winter were taken April 30th, 2013, in Elko County, Nevada.
Photos below of a form with thin tepals by Mark Turner, taken in Canyon City, Oregon, on May 3rd, 2004.
More photos by Mark Turner of forms with wide tepals, taken in Bend, Oregon, on May 4th, 2004.
From Asian Fritillaria on Friday 16th of January 2026 04:17:53 PM PST
Fritillaria carica Rix from southwest Turkey is best grown in an Alpine house. It has gray green leaves and yellow bell shaped flowers. Height: 5-15 cm. Photo by John Lonsdale.
Fritillaria carica ssp. serpenticola Rix is considered in 2021 to be a synonym of Fritillaria serpenticola (Rix) Teksen & Aytaç.