Dierama pulcherrimum (Hook.F.) Baker

Diérame délicate (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Dierama

Characteristics

Plants 0.9-1.8 m high, solitary or a few stems together in small tufts. Corm ± 30-40 mm diam. Stem with lowermost peduncle 45-135 mm long. Foliage leaves several to many, 500-900 x 4-9(-11) mm; reduced sheathing leaves 4 or 5. Spikes pendulous, terminal 4-to 8-flowered, laterals 4 to 7, each 2-to 5(6)-flowered; bracts elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic-obovate, acute, 23-34 x 10-12 mm, up to 2 internodes long, flecked brownish all over but more lightly toward margins, appearing brown, lateral veins ± 5 each side of main vein. Flowers ovoid, magenta-pink or deep purple-red; perianth tube mostly 10.0-14.0(-15.5) mm long; tepals 23-35(-39) x 10-19, suberect and cohering to weakly flared, not or scarcely spreading at the tips. Anthers (8-)10-11 mm long. Stigmas held 12-21 mm below top of perianth.
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Perennial herb, geophyte, 1.0-1.8 m high, stem solitary or tufted, robust; corm 30-40 mm in diam. Leaves linear, apiculate; radical leaves 500-900 x 4-11 mm; reduced sheathing leaves 4 or 5. Flowering stem 0.9-1.8 m high. Bracts brown, 23-34 x 10-12 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, flecked. Inflorescence a raceme of spikes, with 4-8 branches. Perianth magenta-pink or purple-red, 35-54 mm long; tube mainly 10.0-15.5 mm long; tepals 23-39 x 10-19 mm. Anthers 8-11 mm long. Flowering time Nov.-Mar.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses environmental use gene source
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 22 - 104
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 19
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Dierama pulcherrimum unspecified picture

Distribution

Dierama pulcherrimum world distribution map, present in Australia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:436856-1
WFO ID wfo-0000789329
COL ID 36285
BDTFX ID 35870
INPN ID 94936
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Dierama longiflorum Sparaxis pulcherrima Dierama pulcherrimum