
MORAEA 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 21% 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 blossoms 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 two after 
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