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Apostle's Iris

Neomarica gracilis

Description:

From the Iris family comes this Neomarica with sword shaped leaves and fragrant flowers. The delicate flowers last only a day but the plant continues to form new blooms for long periods of time during late spring months. Makes also an excellent houseplant.

Notes:


1 species ID suggestions

Walkig Iris
Neomarica gracilis Neomarica

4 Comments

Sarala Jeevanthi
Sarala Jeevanthi 6 months ago

Colourful

chloe1
chloe1 11 months ago

what a lovely flower

induruh
induruh a year ago

Had this plant in garden for years knowing nothing about it. I thought it would be an Orchid because of its appearance. Thank you for help dandoucette.

dandoucette
dandoucette a year ago

This isn't an orchid, it's a Walking Iris, sorry for the spelling mistake.

Sri Lanka

Lat: 6.91, Long: 80.03

Spotted on Apr 22, 2012
Submitted on Apr 22, 2012

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