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Tritoniopsis pulchella

Tritoniopsis pulchella
Photo: Andrew massyn, CC BY-SA 3.0

Tritoniopsis pulchella is a small South African perennial geophyte in the iris family, native to the fynbos of the Western Cape. It is a bulbous plant grown mainly by enthusiasts of Cape bulbs, and is best given full sun, excellent drainage, and a dry rest period.

Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while in active growth in the cooler, wetter months, then keep nearly dry during summer dormancy.
Soil
Sandy, free-draining, slightly acidic mix, such as a mix of gritty sand and leaf mould.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates light frost briefly but protect from hard freezing.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Tritoniopsis pulchella is a perennial plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Tritoniopsis and is part of the fynbos. The species is endemic to the Western Cape.

Other Tritoniopsis plants

Mountain pipes · Twotone Reedpipe · Red Reedpipe · Narrowclaw Reedpipe · Tritoniopsis cinnamomea · Undulate Reedpipe · Tritoniopsis elongata · Yellow Reedpipe · Tritoniopsis flexuosa · Salmon Reedpipe · Pink Reedpipe · Broad Reedpipe

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tritoniopsis pulchella by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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.

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