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Walking iris
3 August 2025
Trimezia martinicensis
89% certain
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Origin
- The Caribbean and tropical America
- Bloom season
- Warm months, a few flowers at a time
- Colors
- yellow, brown
- Habitat
- Tropical borders, courtyards, and moist shade
- Symbolism
- Travel without leaving, and a brief gold hour
A yellow iris relative with spotted falls that blooms for a day, then plants a new fan where the spent stalk touches earth.
Care. Grow in part shade with even moisture; divide clumps when the fans crowd the bed.
A note. It is called walking iris because the flower stalk bends, roots, and 'steps' into a new plant.
Or perhaps
- Violet — 8%
- Crocus — 8%
Notes on the photograph
Copied from the marks left by the camera.
- Captured
- Aug 3, 2025, 3:47 PM
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
- Lens
- iPhone 14 Pro Max back triple camera 9mm f/2.8
- Focal length
- 9mm
- Aperture
- f/2.8
- Shutter
- 1/99s
- ISO
- 32
- Dimensions
- 4032 × 3024
Where it was found
The place is taken from the photograph's own memory, if any.
4.6688° N, 74.0995° W
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