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Harlequin Flower

Sparaxis tricolor

Photo by Josh Asel
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Field Notes

Description:

Sword-like green stems support this very colorful flower.

Notes:

What I thought was a failed attempt at growing a plant my mom had in her garden, actually turned out to be an amazingly beautiful flower that only blooms once a year for 1-2 days. Grows from a bulb.

Species ID Suggestions

Harlequin Flower

Sparaxis tricolor

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DespinaTsafetopoulou
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Comments (22)
ceejayalyssa
what can i say, give credit where credit is due. i've been checking your photos and they're really great :) congrats!
Josh Asel
Thanks again ceejayaliyssa! I can't keep up with all of your comments! So thank you, thank you, thank you :D
Josh Asel
Yes it really was :) Thank you Mona!
Mona Pirih
Beautiful ... what a lucky 2 days to see it blooms..
Andrea Lim
WOW unusual and beautiful. Good spotting Joshua!
Josh Asel
Thank you injica and thank you Despina for the ID :)

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PublishedMarch 23, 2013

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