Moraeas!

Moraeas!

Renosterveld is known (or at least should be known) as the richest bulb kingdom in the world – this means that more bulb species occur in the Overberg renosterveld than any other area on Earth of the same size. Here are some of the stunning species I’ve encountered thus far in the genus Moraea
 
   

Moraea gawleri
Moraea macronyx
 
 Moraea debilis (Endangered)
Known from fewer than 5 locations
 Moraea tricolor (Endangered)
Between 6 and 12 populations remain
 Moraea tripetala
 Moraea fergusoniae
 Moraea bituminosa
 Moraea lewisiae subsp. lewisae
 Moraea tricuspidata
 Moraea inconspicua
(no this one isn’t dried out or old, this is full bloom for this strange little Moraea)
 Moraea setifolia
 
 Moraea melanops (Endangered)
Known from just 3 locations
 
Moraea ciliata