Hello all,
Actually the wind was blustery out of the East, with occasional spits of rain, taking a lot of fun out of the walk. Also the flowers wouldn't stand still!
But first, on a farm I visited in the week, what we think is Tritoniopsis triticea:
They were all about 90cm (as the books say), with a stem with narrow brown leaves and very little in the way of leaves at the base.
Detail of the flower:
On the same farm, a stunning Erica, any suggestions for a name?
On another farm, the last of the Mimetes cucullatus was flowering:
Back to today, a brief spell of sunshine caught one of the second batch of sunflowers, Helianthus annuus; much smaller than the first 'crop':
The Fibonacci sequence can be clearly seen in the layout of the seeds!
Still not off the farm, last year we were given by Buks Nel one example each of five very old apple varieties to plant in our 'funnies' row. We should have removed all the fruit from this one to give the tree the best chance of growing, but this is a Prince Bismarck which 'got away':
And a pair of Rhode Island Greenings, described thus: One of the oldest American varieties, known since the 1650s!
Last time we were out, we noticed these plants covered in small round or elongated pale yellow spiky flowers:
Up close, the flowers actually open at the end like trumpets:
The closest we get is Stoebe spiralis.
The Ericas are still very much in evidence, although some are taking on a brown shade from the spent flowers:
But not all!
This Erica has a flower-within-a-flower, Erica coriifolia, we think:
We think this one is Erica vestita. It seems to be experiencing another flush of flowering, withered flowers behind the fresh ones:
Any ideas on this one?
We're pretty sure this is Erica coccinea:
They are mostly red as they should be with that name, but there was a yellow one amongst them:
This spider was hoping we wouldn't walk through its web! Is it a Golden Orb?
Liparia splendens (Mountain Dahlia) again:
Those we saw a couple of weeks ago have gone to seed already:
The Tritoniopsis are out this side of the valley too, but these are pink, either T. lata or T. ramosa....
Any guesses which?
Fruits have set on what we think is Grubbia tomentosa:
Lobelias are still in flower! This is the paler, squatter flower with the tangled stems, still looking for a name:
And Lobelia tomentosa:
The Agapanthus walshii which has many seedlings around it, is completely stripped of seeds, hopefully meaning that another batch will come up in the area:
The other in that area with two flowers, still has seeds on, although some seem to have been eaten:
Last time we were in this area, I mentioned this was the tallest Othonna quinquendata or five toothed baboon cabbage we had ever seen, see what I mean?
As usual, there was lots more, I could go on and on! :-) A
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