Tigridia , is a genus of bulbous or cormous flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. With common names including peacock flowers, tiger-flowers or shell flowers, they have large showy flowers; and one species, Tigridia pavonia, is often cultivated for this. The approximately 35 species in this family grow in the Americas, from Mexico to Chile. The tigridia flower is short lived, each often blooming for only one day, but often several flowers will bloom from the same stalk. Usually they are dormant during the winter dry-season. The roots are edible and were eaten by the Aztecs of Mexico who called it cacomitl, and its flower ocēlōxōchitl "jaguar flower". The genus name Tigridia means "tiger-like", and alludes to the coloration and spotting of the flowers of the type species Tigridia pavonia. Species Tigridia albicans Ravenna - Tacna Province in Peru Tigridia alpestris Molseed - Mexico Tigridia amatlanensis Aarón Rodr. & García-Mend - Oaxaca Tigridia augusta Drapiez - central + southern Mexico Tigridia bicolor Molseed - Oaxaca Tigridia catarinensis Cruden - San Luis Potosí Tigridia chiapensis Molseed ex Cruden - Chiapas Tigridia chrysantha Cruden & S.J.Walker ex McVaugh - Jalisco Tigridia convoluta (Ravenna) Goldblatt - Oaxaca Tigridia conzattii (R.C.Foster) Goldblatt - Oaxaca Tigridia dugesii S.Watson - Jalisco Tigridia durangense Molseed ex Cruden - Durango Tigridia ehrenbergii (Schltdl.) Molseed - Mexico Tigridia estelae López-Ferr. & Espejo - Durango Tigridia flammea (Lindl.) Ravenna - Michoacán Tigridia galanthoides Molseed - southern Mexico Tigridia gracielae Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - México State Tigridia hallbergii Molseed - central + southern Mexico, Guatemala Tigridia hintonii Molseed - Guerrero Tigridia huajuapanensis Molseed ex Cruden - Oaxaca Tigridia huyanae (J.F.Macbr.) Ravenna - Lima Province in Peru Tigridia illecebrosa Cruden - central + southern Mexico Tigridia immaculata (Herb.) Ravenna - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala Tigridia inusitata (Cruden) Ravenna - Guerrero Tigridia mariaetrinitatis Espejo & López-Ferr. - Oaxaca Tigridia martinezii Calderón - Hidalgo Tigridia matudae Molseed - México State Tigridia meleagris (Lindl.) G.Nicholson - central + southern Mexico, Guatemala Tigridia mexicana Molseed - central + southern Mexico Tigridia minuta Ravenna - Apurímac + Ayacucho Provinces in Peru Tigridia molseediana Ravenna - Oaxaca, Guatemala Tigridia mortonii Molseed - México State Tigridia multiflora (Baker) Ravenna - central + southern Mexico Tigridia oaxacana (Molseed) Goldblatt - Oaxaca Tigridia orthantha (Lem.) Ravenna - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala Tigridia pavonia (L.f.) Redouté - widespread across much of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras; naturalized in Peru, Ecuador, Madeira Tigridia