Acidanthera

Another flower that I am not familiar with, identified by my newly discovered online plant identifier.

Acidanthera is a summer-blooming bulb in the gladiolus family. The plants have upright, sword-like foliage and fragrant white flowers in late summer and early autumn. Acidanthera is easy-to-grow in any sunny garden and also grows well in containers. This plant is known by many names, including Gladiolus murielae, Gladiolus callianthus, Abyssinian gladiolus and peacock orchid.

This is another shot taken when Katharine and I had a walk in the Homestead Park a few days ago. There were quite a few of these flowers to be seen.

Ian

[Sarah Bremner]

That's very lovely.

[Peter Dulis]

sweet

[Joyce Lancaster]

Don't think I've ever seen these. Lovely shot

[Margaret Brown]

So pretty

[Frances Claydon]

Not seen these, really pretty

[KoalaGardens🐨]

that's so pretty!

[gloria jones]

Lovely capture of light in the petals

[Santina]

a beautiful flower I like the purple color inside and also the light on the petals

[Pyrrhula]

Great close up of this lovely flower. Fav. online plant identifier. ?

[Babs]

So pretty .

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful

[Kathy A]

Really pretty

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful capture of these pretty flowers. Thank you for the explanation.

[Fisher Family]

@sarah19 @pdulis @thistle01 @craftymeg @francesc @koalagardens @seattlite @santina @pyrrhula @onewing @bkbinthecity @kjarn @sangwann

Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.

The Homestead has been a real source of ideas for photos over the summer.

Ian

[Nina Ganci]

beautiful flower and focus

[Pat]

Beautiful shot, I love the light and shadows, fav.

[Fisher Family]

@ninaganci @pattyblue

Thank you both, I rather like these flowers and will be looking out for more shots of them.

Ian