5 Dietes butcheriana Seeds ~ Wide-leafed Dietes - Indigenous Bulbs Seeds

Dietes butcheriana Seeds

Wide-leafed Dietes

Dietes butcheriana or Wide-leafed Dietes is a strap leafed plant that grows 60cm tall with broad shiny dark green leaves. The inflorescence is irregularly branched with white flowers that are slightly smaller than the fortnight lily, Dietes vegeta, and a touch of yellow (nectar guides on outer tepals), orange (on the claws) and white on the style branches. It is naturally found growing in the deep shade of the mist-belt forest areas of Natal. This Dietes is well suited to shady areas of the garden. It flowers in spring and summer and has proven to be hardy to at least minus 2 degrees Celsius.