Tristagma

Tristagma nivale

Tristagma nivale

This has naturally small, blackish bulbs with curiously attractive olive and green flowers (with a touch of black) in a miniature spike. The flowers have a long tube flaring open at the end into six petals which reflex widely - there is little else like it, except other Tristagma.

This is a high mountain plant, so alpine house pot is best though it will grow outside in a trough or alpine scree since this miniature tiny Chilean snowmelt species is totally hardy, with us anyway.

Tristagma nivaletrinivniv £6.50