Babiana — 2 species
Botanical species in the genus Babiana recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Babiana fragrans
Babiana fragrans
Family: Iridaceae
Cultivation
Babiana fragrans is a plant of the Mediterranean climate of southwest S. Africa, with its hot, dry summers and cooler wet winters. In its native habitat, the plant comes into growth in the winter and flowers in the spring, then dies down during the dry season.
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Babiana hypogea
Babiana hypogea
Family: Iridaceae
Cultivation
Babiana hypogea grows in semi-arid areas on the edge of the summer rainfall areas of southwest Africa. Its growth habit responds at least in part to rainfall timing, with some plants flowering in summer when the occasional good summer rains fall, rather than in the more usual dry late winter and spring. Outside its native habitat, plants can be grown in regions where winter temperatures do not fall much below -5°c, or they can be grown outdoors through the summer, lifting the corms in autumn and storing them for replanting the following spring.
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