5 Moraea inclinata Seeds - Sow Autumn - Indigenous South African Bulb Seeds For Sale in RSA

Moraea inclinata Seeds

The genus Moraea can be divided into five groups: Galaxia, Gynandriris, Hexaglottis, Homeria, and Moraea. Homeria which was once considered to be a separate genus in the Iridaceae family is now included in Moraea. There are about 32 species of this Moraea subgroup native to southern Africa. They have long narrow basal leaves, sometimes only one per corm and large yellow, pink, orange, or bicolor flowers with six fairly equal tepals. They are not very hardy so there is little danger of their becoming weedy in climates not to their liking. Although the flowers only last a day or two, some of the species produce flowers over a long period. 

Moraea inclinata grows in damp grassland in the Natal Midlands and the Drakensberg mountains in KwaZulu-Natal and in the northeastern Transkei. It has a long slender stem with a single leaf inserted well above the ground near the stem apex. The large blue-violet flowers with yellow nectar guides have reflexed limbs. It flowers in summer with plants on lower elevations flowering earlier.