The rain was forecast, but it still caught us unaware! It poured solidly all afternoon. Luckily I had something 'in the can' from yesterday, taken during a visit to Nuy to collect some old equipment.
Echinocactus grusonii (Mother-in-Law's cushion, or if you like her, Golden Barrel Cactus). At 1pm there was a single flower:
By 5.30 it was dull like the rest. The spent flower has a fluffy ball with seeds in:
This one I recognised, Aloe plicatilis (fan aloe).
It is said to be the only tree-aloe confined to the South-western Cape. One of its common names is Franschhoek Aloe and that's where I've come across it before:
Here, at La Cotte Mill, Franschhoek, Professor Izak Rust is collecting seeds (with permission!) to propagate.
Another showy cactus, not pinned down yet:
 
Earlier in the week I stopped on the way in to a farm I was working at and spotted this:
It's as spiky as the cactus!
Well camouflaged as usual, this lizard froze just long enough for me to take a picture!
Nearby was this plant with tiny pink ball-type flowers:
It now being officially March, it's not surprising the Amaryllis belladonna are looking their best in the garden!
On the way in to another farm, I just had to stop and photograph these Tulbaghias:
It is said that a characteristic of the genus is the 'corona' or raised crown-like section in the middle of the flower:
That's all! :-) A
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