Sunday 26 May 2013

Flower walk


Weather not too promising, but not too cold, just the possibility of more rain. Ideal weather for fungi, we're finding delicious field mushrooms in the orchard. Some of what we saw today might be deadly!
There are still a couple of tritoniopsis, but their season is over really. This one seems to be clinging to the restio:
Tritoniopsis
There's new growth among the helichrysums, even if the plant has been blown over like this one:
These taller ericas are among the last to be in flower (Port Jackson behind):
Just one of the Protea family, all on its own:
There's very little colour at this time of the year, this huge white 'miniature cow-parsley?' caught our eyes:
We're into the next cycle now, here are leaves of the Wachendorfia coming up, the flowers in a candelabra with the orange turban, and in their area we remember them, there are lots coming up:
Wachendorfia growing from roots again
Here's a mesemb-type worth watching out for! Probably a blast of colour in spring!
Another fungus:
This might be a sepp, but not about to try out!
These small heart-shaped flat leaves snug on the ground caught my eye!
Saltera sarcocolla (it was windy!) Not many at this time of year :
Saltera sarcocolla
We're watching this one, pale green leaves now, and the dead stem had a yellow iris flower. The pelargoniums are putting some colour into their leaves now.
Colour also coming into the leaves of the selago serrata, now called Pseudoselago serrata:
Pseudoselago serrata
Just two flowers on the pink helichrysum!
These wild lobelia must have the longest flowering time of all!
This is the best example of an Othonna quinquedentata I've ever been able to photograph! It was not tall as they often are, and the mass of flowers was noticeable at 50 metres!
Othonna quinquedentata
More fungi!
A worthwhile walk even though there's not much colour around at the moment!
:-) A