Nicipe R140520A(nova)

Nicipe  (Ornithogalum) R140520A(nova) is a small bulb seemingly related to  Nicipe lithopsoides.

The plants are however notably smaller and more proliferous than the type variety. Nicipe lithopsoides var. R140520 also has shorter peduncles and fewer flowers.

 They only seem to occur on 'lava cemented'  ferricrete conglomerate.

The plants occur north of Oudtshoorn and also east of Oudtshoorn near Dysselsdorp.

To my knowledge this bulb has not been described yet.

Nicipe rosulata (Ornithogalum rosulatum)

A recently described species from between Calitzdorp and Oudtshoorn. ( Dr Mario Martinez Azorin et al.) Dr Martinez Azorin regards this species relative to Nicipe britteniae (Ornithogalum britteniae)

Plant in habitat in the Calitzdorp district.

Typical ferricrete habitat.

More detail at the following link

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263511959_Nicipe_rosulata_Ornithogaloideae_Hyacinthaceae_a_New_Species_from_the_Little_Karoo_in_South_Africa_with_a_New_Combination_in_the_Genus