Yes, we can't be in a hurry, but it is remarkable how many of the plants are bouncing back, shrugging off the effect of the fire.
But first at the Railway Cottages, nobody is going to dig out the bulbs of this March Flower Amaryllis belladonna, they're right inside a Prickly Pear Opuntia!
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Amaryllis belladonna growing inside a Prickly Pear |
The Prickly Pear Opuntia has its own beautiful flowers!
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Prickly Pear Opuntia flower |
Half of this Erica had a lucky escape, this is right at the edge of the fire:
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Half of this Erica escaped the fire! |
There is lots of this coming up..... we're not sure yet what it is, perhaps Lanaria lanata? The leaves are tough and ribbed and in a vee-shape.
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Is this Lanaria lanata? |
Pippa is showing how deeply the roots burned!
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That's how deep the roots burned! |
We probably saw the best of the Fire Lilies Cyrtanthus ventricosa last week, but there are still many particularly on the south and south-east slopes.
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Fire Lily Cyrtanthus ventricosa |
Some animals escaped the fire, it seems, we followed this tortoise track for about 100 metres, not knowing which end the animal might be!
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Tortoise tracks, but which way was it going? |
The Wurm flushed out a rabbit at one stage, but it was too fast and agile for her. Luckily neither dog saw this well camouflaged lizard:
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Spot the lizard! Luckily the dogs didn't! |
We have photographed this magnificent Restio before, the centre is still green.
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The inside of this Restio is still green! |
This bike trail is unlikely to be used for a while, but the sign survived!
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The sign survived, but the path is uninviting. |
Just a few seeds to disperse from this King Protea Protea cynaroides flower. There must be thousands of seeds in these enormous spent flowers! As usual in Nature, Fibonacci spirals!
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Just a few seeds out of thousands left to disperse |
This Fire Lily Cyrtanthus ventricosa was worth going off the path for!
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Fire Lily Cyrtanthus ventricosa growing between the rocks |
The fire is still smouldering in this area, but look at the Fire Lilies!
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There are six Fire Lilies in this photo, and the fire is still smouldering! |
In one normally wet area it's already starting to green up!
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Regrowth in a flood plain. |
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Nice to see the new growth and that animals survived, fire lilies look very cheerful in the burnt surroundings.
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