YES & NO!


"Andrew G" wrote in message
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"Just a little bit" wrote in message
Sounds like the Dietes Bicolour. A very tough native plant.



I thought it was African, not Australian in origin.



I agree with the overall opinion of the plant. Dietes Bicolour.
This plant is native to Africa, and Lord Howe Island (Australia).


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"Wallaby" wrote in message
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YES & NO!


Sorry, should have been more clear.
That particular plant (Bicolour)is not native to Lord Howe Island, but
Dietes are native to both LHI and Africa.


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"Wallaby" wrote in message
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Hey hey, NATIVE THIS IS NOT (certainly not to Australia) Perhaps you are
posting this message from South Africa??
Australia has only one native Dietes and that is D. robinsoniana, growing
on
Lord Howe Island (well Oz territory)
Cheers, Peter

Don't you hate that. Just read that after typing my other post :-)
However I did not know it was just that particular one.
Thanks for that info.


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On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 07:48:00 GMT, "Wallaby" wrote:

Hey hey, NATIVE THIS IS NOT (certainly not to Australia) Perhaps you are
posting this message from South Africa??
Australia has only one native Dietes and that is D. robinsoniana, growing on
Lord Howe Island (well Oz territory)

Well, it is native to this planet. ;-)

Should probably add that I've only ever seen it with a single flower on the
spike

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Willow wrote in message
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There's a plant I've seen everywhere, particularly in areas that receive
little extra water & care (I've often seen them planted on council verges
or
on islands in the middle of the road) but receive full sun throughout most
of the Summer. It's a reedy plant, it might be a Yucca, the lilly/orchid
like flowers are on long stems, the petals of which are white with some
black & yellow bits (stripes or dots?) & a purple tounge...

I don't have a camera available unfortunately otherwise I would take a
piccie!

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