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Dietes bicolor

(Steud.) Sweet ex Klatt (1866)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Iridaceae Genus: Dietes

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Linnaea 34: 584 (1866)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Dietes bicolor Puna District, Keaau transfer dump Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5547 Hawaii BISH 1975-10-23
2 Dietes bicolor Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus, Hemenway Hall Growing in dappled shade. Preserved_Specimen A clumped plant; petals & sepals cream w.out & cream to lemon yellow w.in; the inner surface of the sepal also has an area at the base sprinkled w. orange spots; this area has distal to it a blackish brown patch. Lau, J. 1829 Oahu BISH 1986-01-12
3 Dietes bicolor Honolulu, H.L. Lyon Arboretum. Living Collections, beside greenhouse; fronting parking lot in full sun Preserved_Specimen Erect herb 3-4' tall; lvs grass-like, wiry; flws bright yellow with black-brown spots and tiny orange speckles near center. Frts green, apex truncate. Staples, G.W. 821 Oahu BISH 1992-05-02
4 Dietes bicolor Honolulu, H.L. Lyon Arboretum. Living Collections, beside greenhouse; fronting parking lot in full sun Preserved_Specimen Erect herb 3-4' tall; lvs grass-like, wiry; flws bright yellow with black-brown spots and tiny orange speckles near center. Frts green, apex truncate. Staples, G.W. 822 Oahu BISH 1992-05-02
5 Dietes bicolor Honolulu, H.L. Lyon Arboretum. Living Collections, beside greenhouse; fronting parking lot in full sun Preserved_Specimen Erect herb 3-4' tall; lvs grass-like, wiry; flws bright yellow with black-brown spots and tiny orange speckles near center. Frts green, apex truncate. Staples, G.W. 821 Oahu BISH 1992-05-02
6 Dietes bicolor Honolulu, 3860 Old Pali Rd, residence of A. Lester Marks Preserved_Specimen Flowers pale-yellow, flat, each large segment w. round, dark red-brown spot. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1953-04-10
7 Dietes bicolor Honolulu, H.L. Lyon Arboretum. Living Collections, beside greenhouse; fronting parking lot in full sun Preserved_Specimen Erect herb 3-4' tall; lvs grass-like, wiry; flws bright yellow with black-brown spots and tiny orange speckles near center. Frts green, apex truncate. Staples, G.W. 821 Oahu BISH 1992-05-02
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