Geissorhiza Splendidissima - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Unique

Geissorhiza Splendidissima - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds UniqueGeissorhiza is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the iris family which originate from South Africa. The genus name is derived from the Greek words geisson, meaning "tile", and rhizon, meaning "root". Stunning, deep violet purple flowers growing to 16cm. Flowering in sporing, best planted in autumn. USDA Zone 8 Season to Sow Autumn Photos with credit to the late Rod and Rachel Saunders, eminent experts on South African indigenous flora.

Sometimes called the sword lily

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vegetables

It takes the name elephant's foot from the appearance of its large tuberous stem

which are covered with a thin layer of whitish powder that helps to reflect away the hot sun's rays

internal consumption

flowers purple

followed by fruit from September to December

as a galactogogue (to improve breast milk)

A trailing vine with marbled yellow and green fruits native to the Kalahari desert

Dietes bicolor is a clump-forming rhozomatous perennial plant with long sword-like pale-green leaves

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SEEDS AND PARTS OF THE PLANT ARE TOXIC