Babiana Vanzyliae - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Artemesia

Babiana Vanzyliae - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds ArtemesiaBabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the Family Iridaceae composed of about 80 species. Most of these species (about 49) are found in the south western Cape of Africa, with the remainder distributed in Namaqualand and Northern Cape Province. The native range of the genus is from southern Namibia to the Eastern Cape to southern Zimbabwe, with one species from Socotra off the coast of Somalia. The genus name is derived from the Dutch word baviaan,

fleshy semi-globose leaves

Grows up to 50cm and flowers spring through summer

Sugar birds are drawn to these flowers in winter where they feed on the nectar produced by the flowers

Growing 10cm to 25cm with scented pink/purple/blue flowers marked with yellow

These have perianth segments which are less than 50 mm in length

evergreen shrubs with a dense covering of small

Scrophulariaceae

but it is not a lily and all of the species are native to South Africa from the cape to the Limpopo River

Bauhinia flowers are usually in magenta

The genus comprises 15 species distributed in South Africa

in a sheltered position if light frosts might occur

from South Africa north to Angola