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Chasmanthe floribunda

Chasmanthe floribunda, flowers close-up.
Common names: cobra lily, chasmanthe (Eng.); kapelpypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... by fruit-eating birds like starlings and bulbuls. Chasmanthe Both colour forms are excellent garden plants in ... ensuring colour in the garden for much of the year. Chasmanthe foribunda is the largest and most floriferous of ... gladiolus from Africa) but was confused with the smaller Chasmanthe aethiopica until the early years of the nineteenth ...

08 / 02 / 2016 | John Manning | Compton Herbarium
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Chasmanthe bicolor

Chasmanthe bicolor
Common names: red-and-green cobra lily, two-colour chasmanthe (Eng.), suurkanol, suurkanolpypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... the centre of each leaf. The leaves are arranged in a fan. Chasmanthe bicolor is endemic to the Western Cape Province of ... however, not well known. The brightly coloured flowers of Chasmanthe bicolor ensure that the pollinators, sunbirds, are ... the pollen on the stamen is deposited onto its head. Chasmanthe Chasmanthe bicolor is very easily propagated. The ...

21 / 04 / 2008 | Bernard Brown | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Chasmanthe aethiopica

Chasmanthe aethiopica
Common names: small chasmanthe, small cobra lily (Eng.); suurkanolpypie, klein piempiempie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... autumn and winter, from April to June or rarely July. Chasmanthe aethiopica as illustrated by Auriol Batten in the ... reference listed below. Copyright to image: Auriol Batten Chasmanthe aethiopica grows in coastal bush and along the ... transport the seeds from bush clump to bush clump. Chasmanthe Chasmanthe aethiopica thrives in relatively ...

21 / 02 / 2005 | John Manning | Compton Herbarium
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Chasmanthe floribunda 'Duckittii'

Chasmanthe floribunda 'Duckittii'
Common names: yellow cobra lily, yellow chasmanthe, Duckitt chasmanthe (Eng.); geelpiempiempie, geelkapelpypie, geelsuurkanolpypie, geelpypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... The fruit is a capsule of large, rounded orange seeds. Chasmanthe is a purely South African genus with three species,   Chasmanthe aethiopica ,  Chasmanthe bicolor   and  Chasmanthe floribunda , all of ...

16 / 07 / 2001 | Jacqueline Esau | Kirstenbosch NBG
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