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Lachenalia namaquensis

Lachenalia is a genus of small bulbs mostly found in the western part of South Africa, where the rainfall is concentrated in the winter months. Like other species in the genus, Lachenalia namaquensis is dormant during the dry summer months, and it comes to life in the fall with the arrival of the rains. The small but strikingly beautiful spires of flowers arrive in late winter to early spring. While formerly placed in the Hyacinth Family, this family grouping has now been folded into the Asparagus Family.

-Brian