Marianne North Gallery

South African Sundews and other / South African sundews and other flowers

Monsonia speciosa is a genus of plants from the geranium family with very beautiful flowers.
Monsonia - from sob. them. one lady who brought many plants from the East Indies and was in correspondence with Linnaeus).

Babiana rubro-coerulea (Babiana red-blue) - Iris family (Iridaceae) Low-growing perennials with corms. The plant got its name from the Latinized name for monkeys from the group of baboons, which love to feast on the corms of this plant.

Homeria miniata (Gomeria) - contains about 40 species. Gomeria got its name in honor of the ancient Greek poet Homer. The flowers are bright, star-shaped, in all shades of orange, yellow and salmon pink. Known to the indigenous population of South Africa as a very poisonous plant.

Sundew, Drosera cistiflora (Rosyanka) - one of the largest genera of insectivorous plants