This introduction from South Africa is one of the parents of the commonest Monbretia: Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora. It is slightly larger overall and with stamens hardly exerted from the flower but the flowers are the same startling orange of the garden flower.
Bank near Lake by Capel Curig 6th October 2005
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Added on October 19th 2005