Geissorhiza
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Geissorhiza (Greek words alluding to the coats of the bulb, which cover it somewhat like overlapping tiles). Iridaceae. Ixia-like half-hardy Cape bulbs, which are dormant from August to November and are usually flowered under glass in spring and early summer. Cormous: lvs. few, distichous: fls. in different colors, in open, simple or forked spikes; perianth nearly regular, rotate, with a cylindrical tube; stamens 6, inserted in the throat; ovary 3-celled, becoming a small oblong caps.—Species about 30, 1 in Madagascar and the others in S. Afr. The genus has a wide range in habit and in color of fls., but these plants are presumably inferior to ixias for general culture. The following species are advertised. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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