
MORAEA POLYSTACHYA 
M. _ polystachya 
Slender plant 18 to 24 inches high with many 
wiry branches. Well covered with flowers 
looking at a distance like a close group of 
butterflies. The outer segments of the flowers 
are light mauve, penciled with Parma violet, 
with a bright yellow spot at the base, inner 
segments light mauve with little penciling. 
Starts flowering six weeks after planting and 
keeps on three to four months. Blooms can be 
had throughout the year in the milder cli- 
mates by making successive plantings about 
every two months. 
Very useful in the colder climates as a win- 
dow pot plant in the winter and out of doors 
in the spring and summer as soon as danger 
of heavy frosts is over. 
Planted in clumps it provides a mass of color 
over a long period and should be very useful 
in the border especially as a supplementary 
plant in iris gardens. Corms can be held in 
cold storage at 40 degrees to make successive 
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