Baeometra is a genus of one species in the Colchicaceae family. This species is restricted to the Cape floral region of South Africa.
Baeometra uniflora grows mainly on rocky sandstone and granite slopes and has large golden orange flowers with dark centers and is pollinated by monkey beetles. It is only open for a short time each afternoon. The first of two photos from Bob Rutemoeller was taken in September 2003 in an area of the southwest Cape that had burned the year previously and the second in the Bontebok Park. The third was taken at the Hely-Hutchinson Reservoir, Table Mountain by Andrew Harvie.
Photos by Mary Sue Ittner below of one blooming in a container in Northern California and of the corms.
