I always think there'll be nothing special to photograph when we start walking and land up with lots in the can!
But first, back to last week, when we cut down this Silky Hakea, and broke off and took away the four seed pods we found on it. Its needles are unpleasantly sharp!
Still not identified is this one, even though we now have John Manning's Field Guide to Fynbos:
Detail of the flower:
At one stage we were walking through pine forest which has been established for several years, not expecting to find much, yet it's here that we found the Fire Lily, so you never know.....
It looks like a Protea, it's small as you can see from Pippa's hand, and the leaves look Protea-like, slightly furry:
There were several flowers at the end of some stems.
Again, we haven't tracked it down yet! Further along, also in complete forest cover, this Mountain Dahlia, Liparia splendens, which we've come across before, but in the open:
Its membership of the pea family is apparent here.
Bud or pod? We'll see next week!
The Saltera sarcocolla seem to flower all year. Here you can see four flowers come out of the single stem:
This Erica begged to be photographed!
And this restio to show what a beautiful day it was!
A few weeks back I noted some hanging Restio flowers. They're showing delicate yellow tendrils now:
Some of the Kings are fully out now:
Yet there are still buds coming:
And some are half-way!
We still haven't pinned this one down either:
 
The dam must be full by now!
:-) A
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