| alta Distribution: wetlands of the Eastern Cape Province Foliage: deciduous, summer-growing Bloom: dark pink, very fine petals, hysteranthous |
angulata Distribution: seepage arres in Eastern Cape Province Foliage: evergreen, filiform Bloom: large flowers in autumn |
angustifolia Distribution: Mpumalanga and Swaziland Foliage: |
appendiculata Distribution: KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Foliage: narrow, flat leaves with flowers Habit: evergreen Bloom: pale to deep rose pink |
| bowdenii Distribution: KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Foliage: Habit: deciduous, summer growing Bloom: large pink, late autumn or winter |
duparquetiana Distribution: Northern Cape, Kalhari Foliage: prostrate Habit: deciduous, summer growing Bloom: shell pink and white |
filamentosa Distribution: Eastern Cape Province Foliage: deciduous, filiform, summeer growing Bloom: rose-pink with segments rolled back strongly and long filaments |
filifolia Distribution: Eastern Cape, Free State, Transkei, Mpumalanga, and Swaziland |
| firthii Distribution: Eastern Cape, Free State, and Mpumalanga Foliage: filiform, usually 2 Habit: Bloom: |
flexuosa Distribution: Eastern Cape Province Foliage: evergreen, wide (15-20 mm) flat leaf Bloom: pink, late autumn into winter (under glass) Widely confused with undulata and even humilis |
forbesii Distribution: Forbes Reef in Swaziland Foliage: narrow, grass-like to filiform Habit: deciduous, summer growing Bloom: very pale pink Requires winter chilling to bloom next season. |
gaberonensis Distribution: southeastern Botswana, northwest Transvaal, Northern Cape Province Foliage: filiform, 10 cm long and up to 3 mm wide. Habit: deciduous, summer growing Bloom: dwarf, pink |
| gibsonii Distribution: Eastern Cape and Transkei Foliage: evergreen (briefly dormant in winter), filiform Bloom: white suffused with pink at tips and pipnk stripe |
gracilis Distribution: Transvaal Foliage: probably deciduous, summer growing, filiform Bloom: small flowers, scape 20 cm. Resembles a Hessea. |
hesseoides Distribution: Free State Foliage:probably deciduous, summeer growing; glabrous flat leaf Bloom: small pink floweer, undulate margins | humilis Distribution: Western Cape Province Foliage: deciduous, winter growing Bloom: pink flowers with red stripe in autumn, hysteranthous |
| huttoniae Distribution: Eastern Cape Province Foliage: prostrate flat leaves, 10-20 mm wide. Habit: deciduous, summer growing. Bloom: large pink-maroon flowers in summer. |
krigei Distribution: northeast Free State and southeast Transvaal Foliage: spirally twisted, 10 mm wide Habit: deciduous, summer-growing Bloom: large pink flowers in summer Requires winter chilling to bloom next season. |
laticoma Distribution: Northern Cape, Namibia, Free State, western Transvaal, and Botswana Foliage: flat prostrate leaf Habit: deciduous, summer growing Blooms: large pink or white flowers (in summer?) Requires winter chilling to bloom next season. |
marincowitzii Distribution: Karoo Foliage: succulent leaves Habit: deciduous, summer growing Bloom: pink flowers turning brown, hysteranthous |
| masoniorum or masonorum Distribution: Transkei Foliage: grass-like Habit: evergreen Bloom: rose-pink flowers in summer |
pancratoides Distribution: KwaZulu-Natal Province Foliage: bright green to 30 cm long Habit: deciduous? Bloom: white flowers |
platypetala Distribution: swampy areas in southeast Transvaal Foliage: thin leaves to 50 cm Habit: deciduous, summer-growing Bloom: pink flowers, flushed rose-red |
pudica Distribution: southwestern Western Cape Province Foliage: narrow Habit:deciduous, winter growing Bloom: pink flowers |
| pusilla Distribution: Namibia Foliage: flat, 8 mm wide Habit: ? Bloom: white with rose lower parts and brown-green keel |
rehmannii Distribution: Transvaal (Gauteng and Mpumalanga Provinces) and Swaziland Foliage: filiform, 1 or 2 leaves to 9 cm long Habit: deciduous, summer-growing Bloom: small white flowers, scape 15 cm |
sarniensis Distribution: southwestern Western Cape Province Foliage: flat, wide Habit: deciduous, winter growing Bloom: bright red flowers in autumn |
transvaalensis Distribution: Transvaal (Mpumalanga Province) Foliage: ? Habit:summer growing Bloom: pale pink flowers with recurved segments |
| undulata Distribution: Eastern Cape Province Foliage: flat, narrow leaves Habit: almost evergreen, summer growing Bloom: small pink flowers with crisped margins |
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Sir Peter Smithers spent many years hybridizing nerines. His collection was transferred to the Rothschild estate in England when he retired from active hybridizing. He has kindly allowed us to show some of his work here.
RHS Manual of Bulbs, John Bryan and Mark Griffiths, Eds., Timber Press (1995).
Bulbous Plants of Southern Africa, by Neil du Plessis and Graham Duncan, Tafelberg Pub. Ltd., Cape Town (1989).
"Nerines in Southern Africa", by Rachel Saunders, in HERBERTIA, vol. 52, p. 88 (1997).
Cape Bulbs, by Richard L. Doutt, Timber Press (1994).
Grow Nerine, by Graham Duncan, Botanical Society of South Africa (2002).
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James E. Shields, jim@shieldsgardens.com
Last revised: 15 February 2002.
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