Watsonia vanderspuyiae (100 seeds)

Watsonia vanderspuyiae (100 seeds)

It has the largest corms, broadest leaves and tallest spikes of all watsonia’s. The leaves are broadly lanceolate and up to 100 mm wide, with strongly thickened, brownish-yellow or reddish margins, each leaf narrowing above into a long, sharp apex. The branched flower spike reaches up to 2 m high and is held on a sturdy reddish-brown scape (flower stem) with several inflated, leaf-like bracts. About 20-30 large, bright red, zygomorphic (irregular) tubular flowers are produced, each with a long, curved perianth tube up to 50 mm long.

Locality: Piketberg. Harvest: March 2024