Habitat in the Wally of
Desolation, South Africa.
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This tiny member of the
Hyacinthaceae family was given this name by John C.
Manning and Peter Goldblatt in 2000. It is found in southern
Africa from Namaqualand to Zimbabwe. It grows in rock cracks, in well
drained but rich soil with little to some water and little to some
sun. The bulb can grow to six millimetres, but most I have see was
not more than three millimetres in diameter. The one or even two narrow leaves
grow up to six centimetres while the flowers talk reaches up to nine
centimetres with a white inflorescent of two or three millimetres.
It is usually found in dense groups in the cracks underneath
boulders.
It is said to be the world's
smallest flowering bulb, and I guess that could be right.
In the wild, it might be
a winter grower, but it do fine at summer at my place. |
