Galtonia candicans (syn. Ornithogalum candicans ), cape hyacinth, is an herbaceous perennial geophyte native to elevations of 1350 to 2150 m in the Drakensberg region of the Great Escarpment in South Africa ( Hilliard and Burtt, 1988 ). It is
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of this geophyte have been available commercially under the trade name Cape Hyacinth ( Kleynhans, 2006 ). Successful commercialization of new plants depends not only on their unique morphological features but also on more practical aspects, such as