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From Homeria Two on Thursday 17th of September 2026 07:21:11 PM PDT
Moraea miniata Andrews (syn. Homeria miniata) (Andrews) Sweet is widespread (Namaqualand, Roggeveld, northwest, southwest, and southern Cape), growing mainly on clay slopes, renosterveld and karroid scrub. It has two or three linear leaves, usually salmon flowers, but sometimes yellow or white and is minutely speckled in the center. Height range: 15-60 cm. It is poisonous and has a number of ways of spreading (by cormlets in the leaf axils sometimes). It is banned in Australia and to be avoided in areas where it can thrive and become a problem. Photos by Mary Sue Ittner, Bob Rutemoeller, and Cameron McMaster were taken near Middelpos and Sutherland in the Roggeveld on IBSA trips in September of different years. One of the flowers had extra tepals.
Photos 1-2 from Bob Rutemoeller and Mary Sue Ittner of plants with white flowers blooming in Namaqualand September 2006. Photo 3 taken in Namaqualand by Cameron McMaster September 2011 shows the more usual color form.
From Bear Valley Road on Wednesday 16th of September 2026 06:38:50 PM PDT
Triteleia laxa photos below were taken by Mary Sue Ittner in 2005, 2016, 2019.
From Dipcadi on Tuesday 15th of September 2026 06:29:35 PM PDT
Dipcadi rigidiflorum Baker is native from Zimbabwe to the Northern Cape Province. It is a summer grower. These plants appear to be self-fertile. Height range: 30-60 cm. The photos below were taken by Nhu Nguyen.
From Pelargonium Species Four on Monday 14th of September 2026 07:02:25 PM PDT
Pelargonium species This is a plant grown from seed obtained from Silverhill seeds as P. incrassatum. Whilst it is clearly a plant of Section Hoarea, it is not P. incrassatum, but I have not yet identified it. Photos David Victor.
From Xenoscapa on Sunday 13th of September 2026 05:26:44 PM PDT
Xenoscapa uliginosa Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Kamies Fairypipe, is endemic to the Kamiesberg in Namaqualand. It has long tubed pink flowers that are pollinated by the long proboscid fly. Height range: 3-20 cm. The photo from iNaturalist was taken by jean_s in the Kamiesberg in September and shared under a CC BY-NC license.
From Tritonia Two on Saturday 12th of September 2026 05:18:46 PM PDT
Tritonia drakensbergensis M.P.de Vos is found on the southern parts of the Drakensberg range in the northern Eastern Cape. It flowers January to March. It has long narrow rigid leaves and red or pinkish scarlet flowers with the tube about half the length of the segments and with low yellow almost triangular shaped calli. Height range: 20-30 cm. Photos by Cameron McMaster taken in the Eastern Cape.
From Elythranthera on Friday 11th of September 2026 06:02:13 PM PDT
Elythranthera emarginata (Lindl.) A.S.George in 2023 is considered to be a synonym of Caladenia emarginata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. Known as the pink enamel orchid, it has pink shiny flowers a little larger than the other species. It grows to about 20 cm tall and has flowers that are about 35 mm across. Also endemic to southwestern Australia, it is found on coastal plains and in open woods and rocky slopes. It too flowers in spring, usually a little later than the other species. The picture below was taken by Bob Rutemoeller at a wildflower show in Albany, Western Australia September 2007.
From Geissorhiza Species Two on Thursday 10th of September 2026 05:08:24 PM PDT
Geissorhiza imbricata (D.Delaroche) Ker Gawl. flowers from August to November. As it grows in wet sandy flats, marshes, and next to streams in the winter rainfall areas it needs good water until it blooms. Flowers are white to cream or pale yellow, usually red on the reverse of the outer tepals. They are sometimes dark in the center. Leaves are linear to sword-shaped, ribbed with several longitudinal grooves running the entire length of the leaf. Height range: 8-30 cm. The first two photos were taken by Bob Rutemoeller and the next two (including one showing the corms) were taken by Mary Sue Ittner. The last photo from Rachel Saunders is of the pale yellow form.
From Salvia on Wednesday 9th of September 2026 06:05:23 PM PDT
Salvia patens Cav. is native from Mexico to Guatemala. It is a summer growing, winter dormant species where the plant dies down to just the tubers underground. It is an easy species to grow and plants can be obtained from various sources. This plant needs regular watering in summer, good well-drained soil, and good sun to thrive. Plants can grow to 1 meter tall. In the winter it is recommended to let the soil dry out a little but not become bone dry. Tubers will come into growth in the spring with flowers starting a month or so later. In areas with a lot of winter rainfall and little summer water and poor soils such as Mary Sue Ittner's Northern California garden, it has not thrived as well planted in the ground as when grown in a large pot where moisture and soil can be controlled. But it has not died. This plant can be grown from seeds and will bloom in the same season if treated properly. Photos 1-2 from Mary Sue Ittner and photos 3-4 from Nhu Nguyen.
From Dioscorea on Tuesday 8th of September 2026 05:27:27 PM PDT
Dioscorea bulbifera L. is a perennial vine with broad, alternate leaves, and two types of storage organs. The plant forms bulbils in the leaf axils of the twining stems and tubers beneath the ground. These tubers are like small, oblong potatoes, which explains its common name, Air Potato. Source: Wikipedia. The bulbils can sprout even when tiny, causing this species to be considered a noxious weed with the potential to be invasive. Height range: up to 65 ft. Photos from Wikimedia Commons. The first two photos are from Forest & Kim Starr (source) and (source) and are shared under a CC BY 3.0 license. The third photo is from Dinesh Valke (source) and is shared under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.
