Dietes

[Secundino]

Has been flowering for months now with short lived, single flowers on long spikes, successively producing new buds: Dietes iridioides. Something like a South African walking iris, which is preparing flowering right now.



As it is not a commonly known plant I wanted to share with you.

 

[Ozpaph]

thats nice. Ive seen 'blue' ones before, I think.

 

[Secundino]

Dietes grandiflora, which has more blue in it, is considered a potentially invasive species in NSW. Perhaps you saw these; or a walking iris, which come completely in blue and are similar at a first look.

 

[Paphluvr]

Wow, that is beautiful! Is it in the iris family?

 

[Secundino]

Yes.

 

[Ozpaph]

Dietes grandiflora, which has more blue in it, is considered a potentially invasive species in NSW. Perhaps you saw these; or a walking iris, which come completely in blue and are similar at a first look.

that's it! Thanks.

 

[Secundino]

For comparison, the first flowers of the season opened right today, Neomarica cf. northiana:


These flowers are also short lived and some 8cm across, with strongly down flexed tepals.