Fynbos Corridor Collaboration

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Two-leaved Cape tulip

Moraea miniata

Animal-friendly

Supports monkey beetles Supports monkey beetles
Supports sunbirds Supports sunbirds
Supports butterflies Supports butterflies
Supports bees Supports bees

Tolerances & suitability

Drought-resistant Drought-resistant
Good potplant Good potplant

Growth features

Easy to grow Easy to grow

Aspect

Sun Sun

Plant types

Bulb Bulb

Flowering

  • orange
  • pink
  • yellow
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

The yellow star-shaped nectar guide on the tepals are sometimes covered in scattered dark spots. These marks, the six-pointed yellow star and also the tepal colouring show considerable variability across the rather large distribution.
Note how the inner tepals are smaller. Some species have nectar guides only on the outer three tepals. It has two or three linear leaves, usually salmon flowers, but sometimes yellow or white and is minutely speckled in the centre. It is poisonous and has a number of ways of spreading (by cormlets in the leaf axils sometimes).

Propagation by seed

¨Two leaf cape tulip does not produce viable seed. Each year a large number of small cormels are produced in each leaf axil and around developing corms at the base of the plant¨.

Sources and references

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