Neomarica longifolia

Japanese name: ネオマリカ ロンギフォリア
Scientific name: Neomarica longifolia

[Overview]
An evergreen perennial growing to 1 m tall.
It has a rhizome.
The leaves are fan-like and sword-shaped, about 30 cm long.
The flowers are 5–7 cm across, with 6 tepals.
The 3 outer tepals are yellow, with a purplish brown pattern at the base.
The inner tepals stand upright and curl outward, with a purplish brown pattern at the base.
Each flower withers in a day.
The fruit is a capsule.

[Cultivation]
Propagate by division.
To overwinter, keep it at 10°C or higher.
It prefers fertile soil in a sunny, well-drained site.
Water thoroughly when the soil surface dries.

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