Cape Tulip

Species: Moraea carsonii Baker Date: 2005-01-30 Location: Mt Rukotso, Nyanga Habitat: Rocky montane grassland

Sardinia

Species: Moraea carsonii Baker Date: 2005-01-30 Location: Mt Rukotso, Nyanga Habitat: Rocky montane grassland

Species: Moraea carsonii Baker Date: 2005-01-30 Location: Mt Rukotso, Nyanga Habitat: Rocky montane grassland

Species: Moraea carsonii Baker Date: 2005-02-12 Location: Mt Rukotso, Nyanga Habitat: Rocky montane grassland

Species: Moraea natalensis Baker Date: 2004-11-05 Location: Cleveland Dam, Harare Habitat: In vlei below dam wall

Species: Moraea natalensis Baker Date: 2004-11-05 Location: Cleveland Dam, Harare Habitat: In vlei below dam wall

Species: Moraea natalensis Baker Date: 2014-01-16 Location: Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale Habitat: In shallow soil pockets on granite rock

Species: Moraea natalensis Baker Date: 2014-01-16 Location: Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale Habitat: In shallow soil pockets on granite rock

Species: Moraea natalensis Baker Date: 2014-01-16 Location: Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale Habitat: In shallow soil pockets on granite rock

Species: Moraea spathulata (L.f.) Klatt Date: 2005-01-31 Location: Main Vumba rd before Bunga Forest Habitat: Grassy roadside verge

Species: Moraea spathulata (L.f.) Klatt Date: 2005-01-31 Location: Main Vumba rd before Bunga Forest Habitat: Grassy roadside verge

Species: Moraea spathulata (L.f.) Klatt Date: 2005-01-30 Location: Slopes of Mt Rukotso Habitat: Rocky montane grassland

A delicate and beautiful small cormous plant from South Africa.

This Moraea has relatively large flowers (4-5 cm across). We found hendreds of them blooming in late Sept. when most other plants were drying out.

This flower open only in the afternoon. It was identified as M. fugax although it is very different from another flower in the northern Cape named the same (look at my previous pics).

Another bulb in Niewoudtville in the northern Cape province. Moraea is one of the larger bulb genera. The iris-like flowers usually open in noon time or earlier in cloudy days.

A nice small bulb, commonly found in the Western Cape National Park

This is one of the commoner South african bulbs. The pic was taken at the Western Coast Narute Reserve. Although it looks like an iris it is not. The genus Moraea is close to the genus iris, probably more ancient.

This is a small delicate and endangered South African bulb. A few minutes after i took the picture, the flower wilted.

Moraea simulans is a small delightful South African bulb.

Moraea simulans is a small bulbous plant, one of the few that is dotted. It originates in South Africa.