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Lachenalia orchioides
Also called Wild Viooltjie
Lachenalia orchioides is a bulbous geophyte from the Cape of South Africa, grown for its tubular, often two-tone flowers in late winter and spring. Grow it from bulbs in well-drained soil, let it rest dry after flowering, and keep it cool and bright.
Lachenalia orchioides, the orchid‑like Cape cowslip, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Lachenalia, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Cape Cowslip · Red Lachenalia · Corymb Polyxena · Crown Polyxena · Yellow Viooltjie · Long Polyxena · Fourtone Viooltjie · Milk Viooltjie · Azure Viooltjie · Cape Cowslips
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
