Dear Gurcharan ji I didn't understand your comments :When I first saw I thought it to be some species of Iris, till I identified it correctly as Dietes iridioides. Do you mean to say that the genus is different than Iris? I always thought that the members of Iridaceae family are called as Iris as common plant name. The above plant does belong to Family :Iridaceae as per Wikipedia and GRIN. Would like to learn something from you. Satish
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes Satish ji > Very common in California. When I first saw I thought it to be some species > of Iris, till I identified it correctly as Dietes iridioides. > > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> *Dietes iridioides* >> African Iris, Morea Iris, Fortnight Lily. >> Yes it is very commonly observed in Bay area. I too saw many plants >> flowering profusely in residential as well office gardens in Jun 2011. It >> seems that the flowering season is also quite long as you have spotted this >> in April. ? may even be perennial. >> Another Iris is also observed in in California. I am sure you must have >> captured that also. >> Will post it separately. >> Dr Phadke >> >> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:36 AM, ranjini kamath <ranjin...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I do not know if this has another common name.Would appreciate Bot ID >>> too.Pics taken March - April 2011 in Los Altos,California. >>> Thank you. >>> Ranjini Kamath >>> >> >> > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >
