Satyrium longicauda var. longicauda

Grassland is a safe place for geophytes to hide their rhizomes, corms and bulbs underground, away from temperature extremes, feeding animals and veld fires. These cyclically replenished, living stores of growth resources bide their time until the onset of spring for a dramatic annual entrance of their replaceable above-ground components.

Summer rain and heat bring a vigorous seasonal growth spurt, matching that of the surrounding grass for access to sunlight. All to yield a harvest of seed that may ensure the appearance of offspring, every generations contribution to species survival.

Satyrium longicauda var. longicauda participates in great style in the annual mayhem of this productive and reproductive fest.