Moraea miniata
Image: © Tony Rebelo
Description
The yellow star-shaped nectar guide on the tepals are sometimes covered in scattered dark spots. These marks, the six-pointed yellow star and also the tepal colouring show considerable variability across the rather large distribution.Note how the inner tepals are smaller. Some species have nectar guides only on the outer three tepals. It has two or three linear leaves, usually salmon flowers, but sometimes yellow or white and is minutely speckled in the centre. It is poisonous and has a number of ways of spreading (by cormlets in the leaf axils sometimes).
Propagation instructions - seeds
¨Two leaf cape tulip does not produce viable seed. Each year a large number of small cormels are produced in each leaf axil and around developing corms at the base of the plant¨.
Sources and references
Scientific name
Moraea miniata
Common name(s)
Two-leaved Cape Tulip
Features
- Suitable for clay soil
- Suitable for sandy soil
- This will attract honey bees
- Will attract monkey beetles