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Dietes robinsoniana
Also called Wedding Lily, Lowe Howe Wedding Iris
Dietes robinsoniana is a rhizomatous perennial iris from Lord Howe Island, growing up to 1.5 m with sword-like leaves and white, yellow-marked one-day flowers. It is a frost-sensitive plant best grown in mild, frost-free conditions or as a container plant brought indoors in cold climates.
Dietes robinsoniana, the Lord Howe wedding lily, is found naturally only on Lord Howe Island, Australia. It grows on cliff faces, often in exposed locations. It is also Found on forest margins and the tops of Mount Gower and Mount Lidgbird and behind the beaches on Lord Howe Island. It is one of the world's most intriguing and remarkable biogeographic disjunctions, with its nearest phylogenetic relatives occurring in Africa.
This is the largest plant in the genus Dietes. It does not tolerate cold temperatures. It is an uncommon plant, though it may be locally abundant in certain sites. Growing up to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) tall, the leaves are sword-shaped or linear, 4 to 7 cm (1.6 to 2.8 in) wide. Flowering occurs from September to December. The flowers are white with yellow, lasting for one day only.
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
