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Originally introduced as Rhodohypoxis baurii var. confecta but now listed by most people as 'Confecta', because it is believed to be a hybrid, and to exist only as a single clone. I bought it from Blackthorn Nursery and their label says: "R. milloides x R, baurii. Collected by Hilliard and Burt. Many bicolour pink flowers over a long season." Writing in the Journal of the Alpine Garden Society, Mike Hurst says: "Rhodohypoxis baurii var. confecta is locally common, growing around the Chalet at Sani Top in amongst the rocky turf. This is one of the species commonly grown in the UK. Dr. O. M. Hilliard and B. L. Burtt report in their book 'The Botany of the Southern Natal Drakensberg' that it is 'strewn over the ground mlikje confetti', a most accurate observation." |
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