Short-lived flowers

[Diane Whitehead]

Many South African bulb flowers last only a few hours.  Fortunately there are often new flowers coming on, so there are flowers to admire for several days at least.

Has anyone deliberately searched for ones that lasted longer?

[David Pilling]

Showing little imagination, the nerine and amaryllis outside the window just now last quite a long time - but they flower at a cool time of year.

Like a lot else, the wiki does not tag flowers by how long they last.

Some daffodils seem to last longer than others. But it's always about conditions, many a time hot windy weather does for my tulips.

[Martin Bohnet]

We can easily add such a tag and make it searchable. (ceterum censeo SSP in Wikii esse efficiendam)

I wouldn't point on a continent though, it's mostly certain (sub) families, e.g. iridoideae (as opposed to longer lasting crocoideae), commelinaceae or cactaceae - that's why it is fairly difficult to find a replacement. Still, I adore my tribus tigridieae. I's not unusual for me to have a spontaneous home office day to actually see a flower...

[Diane Whitehead]

Well, Martin, maybe your potted plant should accompany you to work.