This is a beautiful flower, and it's not an Iris. It is called a Barbary Nut (Gynandiris sisyrinchium). I found them in the flower beds at Europa Point. They are a small iris-like with a corm or swollen base of a stem (Iris plants have a bulb or tuberous rhizome). The flowers open about 2:30-3:00pm and for only the one day.
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The Bird of Paradise plant (Sterlitzia reginae) ( a South African native) also grows in the conditions of Gibraltar. I have only seen it grown as an indoor plant in the UK. But it is growing in the front garden of my friends house.
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This lavender is a different variety - it is the Toothed Lavender (Lavandula dentata). It is a very common plant on the Rock of Gibraltar.
The seas off Europa Point were beautiful with quite a swell. This was quite calm compared to a couple of days later!!
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