Dietes robinsoniana

Dietes robinsoniana, the Lord Howe Wedding Lily is found naturally only on Lord Howe Island. This is the largest plant in the genus Dietes.

A sequence of large pure white flowers with yellow markings toward the centre are produced on a candelabra-like inflorescence that can produce 5-10 flowers; each flower may only stay open for one day.

In the wild it grows in large swathes on rocky headlands close to the shore in full sun.

Similar plants:

• Dietes bicolor, Moraea bicolor (Evergreen Iris, Spanish Iris, African Iris)
• Dietes iridioides Amatola (African Iris, Fortnight Lily, Morea Iris)
• Dietes sp. (Wild Iris, Fairy Iris, African Iris)