Re: SPEC: Moreaea polystachya
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] SPEC: Moreaea polystachya
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- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 21:09:41 EST
From: Wjobe@aol.com
MORAEA Mill. BUTTERFLY IRIS, NATAL LILY. Iridacea.
About 100 spp of per. herbs with tunicate corms., native to trop. and S. Afr.;
sts. simple or branched; lvs. usually few, linear; fls fugacious, in clusters
on cylindrical st.,
perianthm tube none, perianth segms. 6, clawed, outer 3 reflexed or
spreading, inner 3
usually smaller, sometimes reduced and 3-toothed, stamens 3, filaments often
more or
less united into a tube, style brs.3, petal-like, stigmas bifid or rarely
feathery; fr. a 3-valved caps.
Tender in the North; they thrive in Fla. and Calif. Cultivation as for Iris,
which these plants
resemble. Some species are poisonous to cattle.
angustata ( Thumb.) Ker-Gawl. Sts. simple, to 1 ft.; lvs. 2 or 3 ,
cylindrical, to 16 in. long;
perianth dull yellow or pale brown, veined with purple, outer segms. with a
bright yellow
basal spot. S. Afr.
bicolor: Dietes bicolor.
catenulata: Dietes vegata .
collina var. ochroleuca: Homeria ochroleuca
edulis (L.f.) Ker-Gawl. Sts. to 2 1/2 ft. , slender, cylindrical; lvs.
3-7, linear or clindrical, to 4 1/2 ft. long; infl. branched; fls. about
2 in across, fragrant, perianth mauve or white, outer segms. with
yellow basal spots, claws pubescent. S. Afr.
glaucopis: M. tricuspidata.
gracilis Bak. Sts. simple, to 15 in.; lvs. 2, basal, clindrical, shorter than
sts.;
perianth less than 1 in. long, yellow. Angola.
grandiflora: Homeria Breyniana.
Huttonii (Bak.) Oberm. similar to M. spathulata, with which it has been
confused,
but sheathes of old lvs. absent or inconspicuous, fls. smaller,
buttercup-yellow, basal
spots of segms. dark yellow edged with short dark brown lines, caps. smaller
and
rounder. S. Afr.
iridoides: Dietes vegata.
juncea L. ( M. tristis Ker-Gawl.) . Sts. to 1 ft.; lvs 3 or 4, mostly basal,
linear, grasslike.
to 1 1/2 ft. long; perianth to 1 in. long , yellow-brown, marked with blue,
outer sgms.
with a bright yellow basal spot. S. Afr.
neopavonia R. Foster (M. Pavonia (L.f.) Ker-Gawl.;Iris Pavonia L.f.) PEACOCK
IRIS.
Sts. 1-2 ft. ;lf. solitary, linear, pilose; perianth about 1 1/4 in. long,
orange-red, outer segms.
with blue-black or green- black basal spot. S. Afr. Var. villosa: M. villosa.
Pavonia: M. neopavonia. Var.villosa: M. villosa.
polystachya (Thumb.) Ker-Gawl. Sts. to 3 1/2 ft.lvs. 4, linear,
to 2 ft. long, prominently ribbed; infl. corymbose; perianth to
1 1/2 in. long, lilac, outer segms. with large yellow basal spot. S. Afr.
ramosa: M. ramosissima.
ramosissima (L.f.) Druce ( M.ramosa (Thumb.) Ker- Gawl.). Sts to 3 ft.,
stout, much branched; basal lvs.3,linear, to 2 1/2 ft. long, with cormlets in
axils; infl. corymbose; fls. fragrant, perianth bright yellow, outer segms.
with
brown or gray basal spot. S. Afr.
Robinsoniana: Dietes Robinsoniana.
spathacea: M. spathulata.
spathulata (L.f.) Klatt ( M. spathacea (Thumb.) Ker-Gawl.). Sts. to 4 ft.;
lf.solitary,
sword-shaped, to 2 ft. long, with long, fibrous, often reticulate old sheaths
persisting;
fls. fragrant, perianth to 2 in long, bright yellow. S. Afr.
tricuspidata (L.f.) G.J.Lewis ( M. glaucopis (DC.) Drap.). Sts. to 2 ft.;
lvs. 3 or 4, linear,
to 2 1/2 ft. long; perianth 1 1/4 in. long, white, outer segms. with a
circular, blue-black
basal spot. S. Afr.
tripetala (L.f.) Ker-Gawl. Sts. to 1 1/2 ft.; lvs. 3 or 4, linear, to 20 in
long;
fls. faintly fragrant, perianth to 1 1/4 in. long, lilac or pale blue, outer
segms.
with a triangular, yellow basal spot. S. Afr.
tristus: M. juncea.
undulata Ker-Gawl. Sts. to 6 in. long; lf. solitary, linear, to 1 ft.
long,margin
somewhat wavy; fls. few, perianth to 1 in. long, lilac. S. Afr.
vegata: Dietes vegata.
villosa ( Ker-Gawl.) Ker- Gawl. ( M. pavonia var. villosa (Ker-Gawl.) Bak.).
Sts. to 1 ft.; lf. solitary, linear, to 2 ft. long, hairy; perianth to 1 1/4
in. long,
segms. bright purple, with a narrow area of bluish-black and a basal yellow
spot
streaked with purple-brown, outer segms. bearded. S. Afr.
zambesiaca Bak. Sts. to 1 ft.; lf. solitary, linear, to 1 1/2 ft. long;
perianth to 2 in. long,
lilac-purple. Trop. Afr.
I don’t know if all this info will help or just confuse the subject more, but
there it is!!
I guess if you dig them up and it has a rhizome, it is a Dietes and if it has
a corm it is a Moraea!!
Leslie Jobe in KY
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