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Watsonia transvaalensis has pink flowers, but there the similarity with this plant ends,
unfortunately. Another wrongly identified one for this year! Wildflower Nursery in South Africa says: "In nature, Watsonia transvaalensis occurs en masse and is quite spectacular to see a whole field in bloom in early summer. They are endemic to the northern part of Limpopo where it occurs in well-watered areas. The four leaves are rigid in texture and sword-shaped. The peduncle can contain up to 16 flowers and may be 1 m or more in length; the petals are deep pink." Peter Goldblatt says: "Watsonia transvaalensis is endemic to the north-eastern Transvaal. It occurs in open, often rocky situations in well-watered mountain grasland. Watsonia transvaalensis was first collected by the Polish botanist Anton Rehmann, either in 1879 or more likely 1880. His new Watsonia remained undescribed until Baker examined the colection in the University of Zurich herbarium at the turn of the century." |
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