Ixia monodelpha D.Delaroche
Cormous perennial with lance-shaped, twisted leaves and compact spikes of 4-12 white, blue, purple or pink flowers, with a green or brown, circled, central mark, in spring and early summer. [RHSE, Hortus, CECB].
Horticultural & Botanical History
A polymorphic species with many named colour varieties. [Grey].
‘Flowers 5-10, of a firm substance, varying in colour from bluish purple to purple, yellow, etc. often variegated, and generally having a large red stain at the base more or less obsolete [meaning not fully developed] and of various tints.’ [BM t.607/1802]. Introduced to Britain in 1792. [JD]. The plant figured at BM t.1378/1811 as Ixia monodelpha beta ‘Orange-coloured Monodelphous Ixia’ is probably Ixia maculata L. which see.
History at Camden Park
Listed in all published catalogues [B.282/1843]. First recorded in an Addendum to the 1843 catalogue.
Notes
For further discussion of Ixias see Ixia hybrid ‘Calypso’.
Published Nov 13, 2009 - 04:45 PM | Last updated Jul 24, 2010 - 04:34 PM
Ixia monodelpha D.Delaroche | BM t.607/1802 | BHL
| Family | Iridaceae |
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| Category | |
| Region of origin | South Africa, Cape district |
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| Name in the Camden Park Record | Ixia monodelpha |
| Confidence level | high |