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A number of supposed hybrids between Hypoxis and Rhodohypoxis were collected on Hebron Farm in
South Africa. This is one of the paler ones. Tale Valley Nursery say: "Large quantities of small, creamy white flowers with a red centre which are held in pairs well above the leaves." Writing in the Journal of the Alpine Garden Society (Vol.66), Brian Mathew says: "However, this was but one of several hybrids encountered by Hilliard and Burtt during the course of field work carried out in November - December 1976. Further south, in Mt Currie District at around 1500m, they identified several apparently isolated hybrids, now achieving some popularity under clonal names that commemorate the collection site, Hebron Farm. Three have so far been named ('Hebron Farm Biscuit (now considered to represent Hypoxis parvula var. albiflora), 'Hebron Farm Red Eye' and 'Hebron Farm Pink'). The names were not coined until 1994; hitherto plants were passed around with the 'omnibus' collectors numbers (HB 7376/7377), so stocks have sometimes become jumbled. Moreover, plants under the above numbers included one or two later identified as Hypoxis parvula pure and simple. |
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