IMORAEA RAMOSA 
M. ramosa 
New introduction from South Africa. Stream- 
side plant which likes plenty of water and 
does not require a long dry rest period like 
many other bulbous plants. Blooms May and 
June. Flowers are an amber yellow and have 
a yellow oval surrounded by dark blue at base 
of the falls. Also has dark spots in the claw. 
Blossoms are about 2 J /2 inches in diameter 
and resemble those of M. polystachya except 
in color. 
Flower stalk is 4 to 6 feet high with many 
branches. Branchlets are thin and wiry enough 
to be almost invisible and the flowers look 
like yellow butterflies among the green 
branches of the flower stem. Individual blos¬ 
soms open about 11 A.M. on a sunny morning 
and last twenty-four hours with a new group 
opening each day. Green leaves at the base 
are not conspicuous. Flowers cut well and 
make a dainty arrangement in themselves, 
with new flowers opening daily for a week or 
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