Dietes bicolor prophouse-fall-2026 Every green part of the

Every green part of the plant

The Japanese name says it well: sasaba means bamboo leaf

The white-fruited form of the Asian beautyberry

and they release a sweet

Dietes bicolor prophouse-fall-2026 Every green part of theThe genus name Dietes comes from the Greek for "having two relatives," a botanist's nod to the plant's kinship with both Iris and Moraea, near neighbors in the iris family. The species epithet bicolor means simply two colored, for the soft yellow petals brushed with a dark thumbprint at the base. Between the two words, the whole plant is named for doubleness: two kin, two colors. Commonly called the African iris or fortnight lily, Dietes bicolor comes