Pyjama Flower

Igama

Pyjama Flower

Igama lesi-Latin

Androcymbium melanthioides

Ihlathululo

Umhlobo lo wethuthumbo elibizwa nge-Pyjama Flower likhambi elikghona ukuhlala unyaka woke; imirabhalo mincani begodu ibanzi ngesilinganiso esingaba yi-1.5cm yobubanzi oburondo. Linamathuthumbo amathathu ahlezi ngokuhleleka kokulandelana anombala ohlaza satjani avame ukupatalala andlaleke phasi ehlabathini begodu amahlanu nofana asithandathu wombala ophephula okukhanyako nofana omhlophe, womuda omuhle anokuhlaza satjani, nekuvame bonyana andungulele ihlokwalwo egcele ngamathuthumbo asithandathu ngaphakathi.

Ithuthumbeli alibonakali lula, begodu kuvame bonyana libonwe ngokungakatjhejwa, njengalelo elihle elibizwa nge-water lily elipatalala khulu ehlabathini. Ithuthumbeli litlhurha khulu ngenyanga kaVelabahlinze.

Indawalo yemvelo

Ithuthumbeli i-Pyjama Flower limila ngeenthurhwana eendaweni ezomile ezinamatje ezibizwa ngama-stony semi-karroid nofana emangweni wotjani obuvulekileko.

Ibuthelelolwazi ngomangwawo

Ithuthumbeli libuye laziwe ngokuthi yi-Little-men-in-a-boat (amadodana asemkhumbini) ngebanga lendlela amatlhurhelwalo ahlezi ngayo.
ESewula Afrika ithuthumbeli litholakala esiFundeni seTjhingalanga kanye nePumalanga Kapa, KwaZulu-Natal kanye ne-Orange Free State, begodu liyatholakala e-Namibia, Botswana, Zambia kanye ne-Zimbabwe.