Tritoniopsis lata Sunday Flower Walk

Well, that was the most spectacular flower, and we found only one!

Tritoniopsis lata flower

The whole plant isn't very robust, with a single narrow leaf:

Tritoniopsis lata plant

This left us wondering what we are expecting from these two plants, with very different leaves. With the sun behind, this one has about four distinct parallel ribs, and it's growing from a bulb:

Bulb with four ribs in the leaves

.... and this one which has just one rib in the middle, and it's growing in a fan like an iris:

Iris-type with one rib

In that area, there are Wachendorfias with curved leaves growing close to the ground. They almost reminded us of Welwitschias!

Wachendorfia, growing close to the ground, why? 

Are they Wachendorfia paniculata, or something else which we haven't found before, brought on by the fire?

Another Wachendorfia

As usual, we had to look for colours other than the steady increase of green. Yellow Oxalis:

Yellow Oxalis

Carpets of them in places!

Yellow Oxalis carpet!

Pink also!

 And pink Oxalis!

It was good to see Anka training as usual, both she and the horse must be very fit! She is just passing the stand of Agapanthus walshii which are coming up nicely!

Anka training, riding past Agapanthus walshii

We've never found them in this place before.

These are those Agapanthus walshii

Pippa the archaeologist had a find! Unfortunately not Stone-Age!

Archaeologist finds iron-age axe ;-)

Here's a Daisy which we think is Euryops.

Daisy, is it an Euryops?

I have been taught to photograph the underside of the flower, so here it is. Any ideas? :

Detail of the underside of the Daisy

Here's something coming up strongly after the fire; can't quite place it yet.......

What is this, growing up after the fire?

And who's this, what will it turn into? What can it possibly find to eat? Or is it a wood-borer?

Caterpillar on bark and stump, no greens around!

The Fire Asparagus Asparagus lignosus have berries on them now and the lime green of their leaves has turned duller. The thorns are just as sharp!

Fire Asparagus Asparagus lignosus berries and now dull green leaves

We wondered what this might be, with a fleshy, smooth, almost succulent leaf. Trying to remember what was growing here before the fire, Pippa suggested Othonna quinquedentata, five toothed Baboon Cabbage. Could the 'five teeth' be from the shape of the leaves?

Can this be Othonna quinquedentata? 

I'm not sure if the Ladybird has been eating the leaves of this grass (?) like that?

Ladybird on grass, has it eaten the tips off? 

From the heights, we were puzzled by the look of a train coming past. Part passenger? Phelophela Health Care Train? No, a massive weedkill rig, Contra-Chem.

Contra-Chem weedkill train

We don't expect to see many birds in the burned area, but this one was hopping around quickly, close to the ground, from stump to stump at the very limit of my camera's range, pecking the ground here and there. Looked fat enough! About the size of an Olive Thrush, any ideas?

Could this be a Pipit?

This, outside the farm this morning, was easier to identify! Well, by its old name Gymnogene, anyway. Now African Harrier Hawk Polyboroides typus.

Gymnogene, African Harrier Hawk Polyboroides typus

Yesterday at the Compagnes Drift Watermill the Forest Elder (Bosvlier) Nuxia floribunda is looking spectacular! One visitor asked both Noel and me, separately, if we knew what it was. We both surprised him!

Nuxia floribunda at Compagnes Drift Watermill

Also there, the Pig's Ears Cotyledon obiculata (?) are in flower.

Cotyledon obiculata (?)

Along with this succulent, can anybody name it?

Unknown succulent

And here in the garden, a Granadilla Passiflora ligularis in last week's shower! My wife tells me I'm a big dummy, it's a Clematis! The plants are in a complete tangle there, with this Clematis, the Granadilla, a Hanepoot grape, a climbing rose, a Pandorea jasminoides, and behind, a huge Camellia and a Yesterday-today-and-tomorrow!

Clematis in the garden, after rain

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