Not much of an image to go on but this is distinctive. Commonly known in UK as 'Montbretia' this is Crocosmia x crocosmifolia. Local forms typically with tawny-orange flowers but specific cultivars available. According to Flora of Bhutan found in Darjeeling Town etc. and Sikkim (Yoksum etc.) - a hybrid of horticultural origin from S.African parents commonly cultivated in gardens in Darjeeling and Sikkim, less frequently in Bhutan but not becoming naturalised. Close to Gladiolus (Iridaceae - the Iris family).
Commonly cultivated in UK and very tolerant of shade; naturalised by sides of lakes, rivers and ditches in hedge-banks, on waste ground and in woods, spreading by vegetative means and by seed. First raised at Nancy, France by Victor Lemoine by crossing C.potsii with C.aurea. Flowered for first time in 1880. Even found it within the 2km x 2km tetrad local tetrad I am recording towards the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland's 2020 Atlas in waste ground at the edge of a wood where garden refuse was dumped. On Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 5:43:29 AM UTC, Sonali Verma wrote: > Please help me identify this. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
