Tigridia orthantha: phantom flower

Dennis Kramb dkramb@badbear.com
Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:32:38 PDT
This is very true about Alophia species, which are in the Tigridia tribe.
Alophia flowers are only open for a few hours, then they twist up and drop off.
Fortunately for me, most flowers end up pollinated so I do get seeds.



On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:33 PM, lou jost <loujost@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Brian,
> Since you mentioned "On the assumption it is not flowering at night this time", this implies that you have not looked at it at all hours. As you know, many irids open in the morning and close by mid day. If you went to work each day on a normal shift, you might never see them open. Just a crazy theory, you probably are aware of this (since you have seen it blooming for you in the past) and have looked at the right time.



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