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Gladiolus oppositiflorus (Salmon gladiolus, Transkei
gladiolus)
Transkeiswaardlelie [Afrikaans] Life
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> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Iridaceae > Genus:
Gladiolus
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Gladiolus oppositiflorus flowering in
summer amongst basalt boulders on Naude's Nek in the Eastern Cape
Drakensberg, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
The long-proboscid fly (Prosoeca ganglbaueri) pollinating a
flower of Gladiolus oppositiflorus in summer at Naude's Nek in
the Eastern Cape Drakensberg, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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