10 Dietes flavida Seeds - Indigenous Perennial Bulb Seeds - Flat Ship Rate

Dietes flavida Seeds

The genus name "Dietes" is derived from the Greek "dis" which means twice and "etes" which means an associate and is drawing attention to the position of this genus between Moraea and Iris which are its two relatives. The species name "bicolor" means two-coloured.

The genus Dietes is only found in South Africa and on Lord Howe island between Australia and New Zealand. D. bicolor is found naturally in the Bathurst region of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. An interesting fact about Dietes is that of the six species that are known, five of them occur in the eastern parts of South Africa with one on Lord Howe island namely D. robinsoniana. The most primitive of these (according to molecular analysis) is D. bicolor followed by D. robinsoniana on Lorowe island. This suggests that D. robinsoniana got to Lord Howe island through dispersal from an African origin, although how this could have happened is at present unknown.

Dietes flavida grows to 1 meter tall. It has an evergreen fan of leaves and during summer it bears yellow flowers.

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