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  1. Sajehar

    Sajehar Apprentice Gardener

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    This very unusual and georgoeus flower appeared in my front garden 2 years ago , but I haven't a clue what it is. I usually keep the seed/bulb/pot lables of any plants I buy, but I couldn't find one for this flower. Maybe a passing bird dropped the seeds for it? It didn't last long, about a couple of days, and only produced the one flower. I've never forgotten about it, and would dearly like to find out what it is so's I can buy some seeds/bulbs/whatever to have a clump of them next year.


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    • pete

      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      Tigridia pavonia.
       
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      • Sajehar

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        @pete

        Thanks. I shall look it up on google later. Why do plants have such complicated, unpronouncable names? I'll never remember that mouthful of name, so have written it down. Hopefully it'll also have a 'nick-name' too, like "Bemuda Triangle" or something.
         
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          Latin is used because there are so many plants with common names that are the same. it's sometimes called tiger flower, but this leads to confusion when people start calling it tiger lily...which is a totally different plant!
          You don't have to use the latin name but it helps when looking something up
           
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            It is also known as the Peacock Flower, a Jockey's Cap Lily or a Mexican Shellflower.
             
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