Monday 30 December 2013

Yesterday was Sunday!


We did more or less the same walk as last week, particularly to see the Therianthus:
This below is the first we noticed last week, and I'm holding a single strap-like leaf:
All the others seemed to have reed-type leaves. So what are they, spicatus or bracteolatus? One thing is for sure, having watched a single specimen for a full year now, once the flowers have gone, there's only the spent flower to show it's not just another tuft of grass!
Otherwise we were drawn to this Pelargonium:
The Lanaria lanata is mostly fully open, and the little pink flowers amongst the fluff seem to be past it:
This is definitely Micranthus corner! We had a hitch-hiker on the walk:
I tried three times to take a photo of this Pseudo selago serrata or Purple Powderpuff, but the wind was too strong, even holding the stem!
These Helichrysums have now fully dark red centres, which will go black later:
We are hoping these are Roella, if not, we're watching it!
The pinkness of this Leucadendron is more noticeable in real life than in the photo!
These were growing in the damp sand where we found the Drosera before, they're perhaps 40 to 50mm tall, any ideas?
But on the left above, one can see tiny flowers on a single stem:
I just couldn't get the camera to focus on the flower and the wind was blowing, but it looks like a sunny-side-up fried egg, but possibly only 3mm across! Any ideas?
Nearby, also in wet ground there was an Erica with interesting spherical or urn-shaped flowers:
Probably Erica multumbellifera.
The deep reddish colour of the Brunia flowers is looking impressive amongst the foliage!
Well, more questions than answers!
Finally at home, a female Sunbird was 'working through' the Wilde Dagga:
She has the right beak for the job!
Have a Great New Year!
:-) A

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