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Monday, July 29, 2013

False Freesia (Freesia laxa)

Family Iridaceae
 It dies down to a corm in the winter, growing again at the end of spring and flowering in summer. In the wild, in the Southern Hemisphere, it flowers between October and December.
 It is native to the eastern side of southern Africa, from Kenya to South Africa, where it grows in somewhat moist conditions.