Watsonia fourcadei

This cormous geophyte can reach up to 2m tall. The leaves are sword-shaped and 15-40mm wide. The flowers are found in elongated spikes with arctuate stamens (curved upward like a bow).
The genus Watsonia commemorates the eighteenth century English physician Sir William Watson
while Fourcadeiis named after Henri Georges Fourcade (1865-1948), French born South African forester, land surveyor, inventor and botanist.

Family Name:

IRIDACEAE

Common Name:

Mountain Watsonia (Eng.); suurkanol (Afr.)

Plant Height:

2 m

Flower Colour:

Orange

Flowering Time:

November, December, January