© Tony Rebelo ( https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/24540391)
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
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).