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Message: [QUOTE="Marck, post: 219848, member: 15114"] These are Walking Iris ([I]Trimezia gracilis,[/I] formerly [I]Neomarica gracilis[/I]), in the Iris family (Iridaceae), native to Brazil and Paraguay. The do best in full to part sun and they do want regular irrigation, especially in a container. They will grow in both well-drained and wet soil. The color at the base of the plant is fine. though I would loosen the original pot soil a bit, as it seems to have hardened solid. I grow this exceptionally beautiful flower in my in my garden and also a similar, larger, blue-violet species: [I]Trimezia coerulea[/I], formerly [I]Neomarica coerulea[/I]. They bloom in summer. Each flower lasts only a day, but their are many flowers on a large plant. Among the flowers, you will alos find clusters of leaves with root initials at the base. These plantlets can be easily removed and planted to grow more plants. This is why they are called Walking Iris, because in the wild, the Iris seem to take steps across the landscape by bending their plantlet-laden peduncles down to the ground. [/QUOTE]