Mystery pop up in the rockery

astolat7

I'd love to know what this is, it's so pretty.  We've just cleared a rockery of overgrown plants and this came up.  Thank you in advance for any information, it's my first post!

Borderline

Might be one of the small Tulips like Tulipa Turkestanica.

astolat7

thanks very much, I'll look that up

Bijdezee

Very pretty. 

wild edges

What a lovely plant. I wonder if it would grow here?

punkdoc

As long as your drainage is good, they should @wild edges

KeenOnGreen

We planted some of the species Tulips many years ago, under a hedge, and they receive no watering or feeding from us.  Most of them flower every year.  It's south facing, we are in the South East.

There is a great selection here.

edhelka

The stems look wrong for tulips and it isn't turkestanica (the blooms are wrong and it is too late for them). It's beautiful though, I would love to know what it is.

astolat7

I think you are right, not turkestana, the leaves are all wrong - they are like crocosmia or even iris leaves - sword like.  Maybe another variety of wild tulip?

TheVanguard

Harlequin flower..?

http://www.austinbug.com/larvalbugbio/harlequin.html

Silver surfer

astolat7 where was pic taken?

Sparaxis looks good suggestion.
But in UK it would not be in flower so early would it?
South African flower....Not  hardy in UK..doesn't take frost.

https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/SparaxisHybrids