Operation Wildflower
  • Home
  • Albums
  • Links
    • Botanical Gardens
    • OWF Sites
    • Public Parks, Gardens and Reserves
    • Reference Sites
    • Private Parks, Gardens and Reserves
  • Information
    • About Us
    • Articles
    • Contact Us
    • Disclaimer
    • Glossary
    • Plant Records
      • Aloes
      • Bulbs
      • Climbers
      • Cycads
      • Euphorbias
      • Ferns
      • Grasses
      • Herbs
      • Orchids
      • Parasites
      • Shrubs
      • Succulents
      • Trees
    • Sources of Information
    • Subject Index
Home Home » TYPES » Bulbs » Bobartia gladiata subsp. gladiata
Back to Category Overview
Total images in all categories: 12,244
Total number of hits on all images: 7,575,401

Bobartia gladiata subsp. gladiata

Bobartia gladiata subsp. gladiata
Start View full size
[Please activate JavaScript in order to see the slideshow]
Previous Previous
Image 23 of 235  
Next Next
Image 25 of 235  
  • Arctopus echinatus lobed leaves
  • Arctopus echinatus male flowers
  • Arctopus echinatus spiny leaf margins
  • Arctopus echinatus, a deviation?
  • Arctopus monacanthus female plant
  • Baeometra uniflora
  • Baeometra uniflora buds
  • Bobartia fasciculata
  • Bobartia gladiata subsp. gladiata
  • Bobartia gladiata subsp. gladiata buds
  • Bobartia gladiata subsp. gladiata flower
  • Bobartia gladiata subsp. gladiata flower from the back
  • Bobartia gladiata subsp. gladiata green leaves
  • Bobartia gladiata subsp. gladiata greyish leaves
  • Bobartia orientalis subsp. orientalis
  • Bobartia orientalis subsp. orientalis fruiting
  • Chasmanthe aethiopica fruit display

Image information

Description

Bobartia gladiata subsp. gladiata is one of the rush irises or in Afrikaans blombiesies (flower rushes) of the fynbos. All 14 species of Bobartia occur in fynbos. They grow tufts of mostly long, fibrous leaves from rhizomes.

B. gladiata subsp. gladiata is distributed from the Cape Peninsula eastwards to Hermanus and to the north as far as Bainskloof where this photo was taken. It grows on mountain slopes and coastal flats, becoming from 20 cm to 80 cm tall.

Another subspecies, B. gladiata subsp. major has wider, shorter leaves and perianth segments, but bigger flower clusters.  It is endemic to southern parts of the Cape Peninsula. There is also mention of a third subspecies, viz. B. gladiata subsp. teres (Bean and Johns, 2005; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iSpot; Wikipedia).

Hits
953
Photographer
Judd Kirkel
Author
Ivan Latti
 
Back to Category Overview
Powered by JoomGallery