Hello all,
After a gloriously warm Saturday (we thought it was too good to be true for this time of the year!) we woke to drizzle today. Those of us who sprayed oil on our apple trees early this week have had several warm days to follow that up, which is what they need!
Is the monkey-beetle holding a petal over it to hide from the rain?
At last! Flowers from the Wachendorfia are coming out!
This was the most advanced of three in a cluster. The pleated leaves are very clear here:
This is a new one to us, on a grey-green-leafed plant close to the ground:
People who don't know this area can see what we call soil here!
The recent heavy rains have caused serious erosion on the road.
The everlastings either aren't open yet, or gave today a miss!
But close by we were delighted to find a pink one, last seen in this vicinity several years ago!
This is quite different from the Pink Helichrysum we've been watching elsewhere for a year or more:
Here is a pink clover, growing flat against the ground!
Also along the cycle path, this lily-family plant which we'll try and identify when the flower comes out:
This tiny flower was growing at the end of a long stem at the base of a pine:
This Leucadendron was looking stunning from a long way off!
You can actually count the Fibonacci sequence in the flower below:
We haven't been to see 'our' protea for three weeks now, so we were keen to see how it has developed. Ebraime Hull at Harold Porter says it's a Leucospermum oleifolium (making it a Pincushion), stunted by lack of sunshine. It has opened slightly and perhaps become redder.
Saltera sarcocolla:
This Thymelacea which we haven't pinned down yet, is still in flower:
An interesting Restio flower (pity about the rain on the lens!):
Joy! At one of our favourite resting places which we call the Outspan, all the pines have been cleared to give a clear northward view!
And exposed a magnificent Protea cynaroides (king) which we hadn't ever seen before!
Near it, this bush with pink and white flowers growing in profusion:
 
An impressive Brunia on the way home:
 
And some pink flowers on this ground-hugging sprawly plant:
 
Early apple blossoms in the Experimental block next door:
Not good weather for pollination!
The Country Club, now under new self-management, looked ghostly in the misty rain:
Now back to the books to identify the new ones! :-) A
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