Another Dietes from California: Dietes iridioides

[Gurcharan Singh]

Another species of Dietes, D. iridioides (L.) Sweet (syn: D. vegeta (L.) N E Br.), commonly grown in California. Hope we find this one also in India.  

Common English names: African iris, Cape iris, Fortnight lily, Morea iris, Wild iris

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[Balkar Arya]

Really Gorgeous flowers Gurcharan Ji
Thanks for sharing

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Dr Balkar Singh
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[Satish Phadke]

These flowers just look awesome. I also happened to see them in many household gardens in bay area in Aug 2010
Dr Phadke

[tanay bose]

Very Nice catch Sir ji
Thanks for sharing
Tanay

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[JM Garg]

I feel it may be Dietes grandiflora (Cultivated) as per discussions in another thread: Dietes Species For Validation : California : 24NOV14 : AK-59 as well as per differences at http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Dietes