Exactly. Luckily Jude has identified it — Dietes grandiflora or Fortnight Lily or African Iris or Butterfly Plant. I don’t know what I would do without her.
Dietes grandiflora or Fortnight Lily or African Iris or Butterfly Plant is native to South Africa but also naturalised in south-western Western Australia and south-eastern Queensland. I saw a lot of this flower in NSW too. Very pretty.
Can rely on Jude, she is right, I have lots in my garden I think they are popular with councils because they are indistructable pretty flowers but only last a day. That wind is a curse when taking flower photos, you did well…
Zimmerbitch 
Beautiful, are they Iris’s?
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😀 to my shame I don’t know. They are very common here, so I probably should know.
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People catch me out like that all the time. Just coz you take the photoe doesn’t mean you know what it is!
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Exactly. Luckily Jude has identified it — Dietes grandiflora or Fortnight Lily or African Iris or Butterfly Plant. I don’t know what I would do without her.
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Thanks, I googled it. I’ve definitely seen it around. Beautiful flower.
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Dietes grandiflora or Fortnight Lily or African Iris or Butterfly Plant is native to South Africa but also naturalised in south-western Western Australia and south-eastern Queensland. I saw a lot of this flower in NSW too. Very pretty.
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Thank you Jude. I am in awe of your botanical knowledge. I had assumed this was a native, because it’s planted so much on public land here.
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Presumably it has been naturalised in NZ too.
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Yes; I found some for sale in the garden centre yesterday. Serendipity!
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Mmm…I wonder if I can buy some here. They are rather lovely.
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I know the feeling!!!! Makes for beautifully blurred shots though…. 🙂
Name?
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😀 not sure. Endemic round here, but I don’t know the name.
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Oh, I know all about the frustration of getting a good close-up of a flower swaying back and forth in the wind. Great photos, Su!
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Thanks Peter. 😀
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Lovely!
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Thanks Sue
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😊
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So pretty Su, I’m not familiar with this flower.
Leslie
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Our wonderful botanist Jude has identified it as Dietes grandiflora or Fortnight Lily or African Iris or Butterfly Plant.
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It does have an Iris quality to it….
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Can rely on Jude, she is right, I have lots in my garden I think they are popular with councils because they are indistructable pretty flowers but only last a day. That wind is a curse when taking flower photos, you did well…
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Thanks Pauline. I can always rely on my garden mentors and experts 🙂
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Those poor beauties would be in trouble here today. We’re having tremendous winds.
janet
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😦 Hope they ease soon. I’m guessing it’s pretty cold too?
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It’s a bit below zero with windchill (that’s Fahrenheit, of course); cold, but much better than when it was -50 with windchill. 🙂
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A definite improvement!!
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