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Ixia viridiflora

Ixia viridiflora
Common names: green ixia (Eng.); groenkalossie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... and granules embedded in the pale blue cell sap. The green ixia is particularly showy, a number of flowers on the spike ... several days without fading or falling off. In fact, this ixia has more flowers open together at one time on one spike ... hot still days. Flowering season is late spring (October). Ixia viridiflora grows on the lower slopes of mountains in ...

28 / 10 / 2002 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Ixia mostertii

Flowers of Ixia mostertii
Common names: there are no recorded common names for this plant. It is one of the extremely rare species in the genus Ixia and has not been well collected.
Family: Iridaceae

CREW Ismail Ebrahim CREW August 2006 Ixia mostertii is a cormous geophyte growing up to 450 mm ... the dark violet stamens and the anthers covered in pollen. Ixia mostertii is only known from three localities in the ... ecology of this species. Looking at the floral morphology, Ixia mostertii is very similar to I. versicolor and I. ...

21 / 08 / 2006 | Ismail Ebrahim | CREW
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Ixia vinacea

Ixia vinacea
Common names: purple Tulbagh ixia (Eng.); tulbagh-perskalossie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... period is mostly in spring (August and September). Ixia vinacea occurs in the Tulbagh district, growing in open, ... land. It flowers profusely after a summer bush fire. Ixia vinacea, like many species in the genus, are pollinated ... of seeds produced in the wild are eaten by bollworm. Ixia Ixia vinacea can be grown from either the corms or from ...

08 / 03 / 2021 | Aarifah Jakoet | Compton Herbarium
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