First Agapanthus walshii Bud! Sunday Flower walk

First, we went to Piketberg yesterday and a magnificent tree in a garden caught my eye.

Orchid Tree Bauhinia variegata

The pods gave it away as a pea, maybe the leaves also:

Petals and leaf, picked up

Bauhinia possibly B. variegata.

Flower detail

Here a Malachite Sunbird was feeding in it:

Malachite Sunbird feeding

We went on to a farm 30km further north and found this which we think might just be a Wahlenbergia:

Wahlenbergia?

Back to today, here's the first strong looking bud on an Agapanthus walshii:

Agapanthus walshii with the first bud!

This was on one of the plants that seems to have been affected by frost since coming up after the fire. It certainly has made a strong recovery. The best is this is in a recently deforested part where we've never seen them before! There were more buds to be found.

The Sundews Drosera in the road have pushed up stems with many flowers on them, not something I have observed before. It was overcast, so they were closed.

Drosera with multiple flower stem

We found more of these pink Daisies, Senecio hastifolius, also on a south-east facing slope:

Senecio hastifolius

Suddenly the yellow Daisies Euryops are past their prime, I had to look for this one:

Yellow Daisy Euryops

Pat and Dominic think these white flowers are Pseudoselago, but on looking up, could they be Disparago, maybe D. anomala?

Could this be a Pseudoselago or a Disparago?

They are to be seen all over, this one was the most impressive!

This one took the Cake!

We've seen Tar Peas Bolusafra bitumenosa before:

Tar Pea Bolusafra bitumenosa

Flower detail:

Flower detail

Here's something interesting, fleshy long leaves:

Another Orchid?

 and the beginnings of a bud?

Bud detail

Satyr Orchid?

Satyr Orchid?

The seed pods on the Wachendorfias with the flat-growing sickle-shaped leaves are turning orange already:

Wachendorfia with seed pods turning orange

..... while the 'normal' W. paniculata are only just beginning to open, and most are still in tight bud stage.

Wachendorfia paniculata

It's difficult to walk past these Star-grass Ficinia Radiata without thinking they're yellow daisies!

Star-grass Ficinia radiata

What is the actual flower?

Flower detail

Is this another pea?

Another pea?

The stems branch at the pairs of leaves with two opposite lateral weaker stems each carrying a further flower.

This shows how it grows with the leaves and branched stem

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