Romulea syringodeoflora
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Endemic to the southern Roggeveld Plateau in the Northern Cape of South Africa, Romulea syringodeoflora is an acaulescent, cormous geophyte with no visible above-ground stem. It produces pink, salver-shaped, scentless flowers with a narrow, elongated perianth tube 18 to 25 mm long, from which the brown-anthered stamens project prominently. This floral structure is adapted to pollination by a long-proboscid fly of the genus Prosoeca. It grows in well-drained soil under full sun, and becomes dormant during the dry summer characteristic of its South African habitat.
- Family :Iridaceae
- Section :Spatalanthus (Lomurea)
- Growth :winter grower
- Flowering height :0-15 cm
Growing cycle
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Growth :January (sem. 1-4), February (sem. 1-4), March (sem. 1-4), April (sem. 1-4), May (sem. 1-4), June (sem. 1-4), July (sem. 1-4), August (sem. 1-4), September (sem. 1-4), October (sem. 1-4), November (sem. 1-4), December (sem. 1-4)