Yellow soldier

Lachenalia reflexa

Scientific name

This small 10cm tall plant is found in seasonally wet lowlands in the lowlands and is adapted to being dormant is in the dry season. It grows and produces small erect flowers and seeds quickly. It propagates profusely and well through seed and re-sprouts from roots making it an aggressive weed in Australia but in South Africa it is vulnerable because it grows in a only a few locations and on the decline.

Propagation instructions

By seed

Easy to propagate in sandy well-drained soil in light shade or sun by leaf cutting, planting bulbs or sowing fresh seeds in mid autumn. Do not water bulbs and store them away for the summer period.

References and further reading

Wikipedia page »

Image credit: By Moraea123 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Requests (650)
Seeds (250)
Nurseries (223)

Seedbank	Quantity
Arundel Seedbank	100
Tin Capsule Seedbank	150
Total	250

Nursery	Quantity
147 Milford	100
Arundel Nursery	3
Camilla Cul-de-sac	30
Campground Nursery	30
Fynbos Phil's Nursery	30
Gaby's nursery	30
Total	223

This table below shows how many plants we are trying to obtain for this species.

Site	Area	Quantity
Site #62	Newlands	200
Site #15	Rosebank	50
Site #67	Rondebosch	50
Site #68	Rondebosch	100
Site #69	Rondebosch	100
Site #70	Rondebosch	30
Site #65	Rondebosch	20
Site #71	Rondebosch	50
Site #72	Rondebosch	50
Total		650