There was more than 80mm in the gauge for this week, so we were interested to see how much erosion might have taken place. In fact, it wasn't bad.
But in the un-burned area, I always stop and look at the Buchu Agathosma crenulata. The tiny flowers are beautiful and difficult to photograph with my little camera. There are many seedlings coming up around it, so I'm very careful where I tread!
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Buchu Agathosma crenulata flower |
The Gladiolus carneus I have marked with logs have been chewed off short. There are rabbit tracks around, I hope they will flourish like they did last year!
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Gladiolus carneus (we think!) |
What little colour there is at the moment is supplied by Oxalis. Mostly yellow where we walked today.
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Yellow Oxalis |
The rain doesn't seem to have washed much sand down, but certainly there's a lot of ash in the run-offs on the road.
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Ash being washed down, but little sand |
We're still intrigued by the different leaves on the Wachendorfias. These growing flat on the ground make amazing patterns!
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Why is this Wachendorfia growing like this? |
These are the familiar ones, Wachendorfia paniculata:
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This is the Wachendorfia paniculata we know |
There really is a lot of green in places! These are Lanaria lanata and bulbs; we're still hoping that some are Tritoniopsis.
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Lots of green! Lanaria lanata and bulbs |
Might this be Rhus/Searsia coming up, with ribbed leaves in threes?
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What is this? |
Interesting to see Ladybirds again; we know where they breed, we must go and look!
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Ladybird |
Agapanthus walshii, recovering well!
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Agapanthus walshii, growing well! |
We think these are Five-toothed Baboon Cabbage Othonna quinquedentata. The notches on the leaves are easy to pick out. This one has started to grow upwards.
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Five toothed Baboon Cabbage Othonna quinquedentata |
We were particularly looking for these tiny plants:
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What is this tiny plant? |
From the side:
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From the side |
We've marked them, and we'll go back and see what they turn into! Any ideas?
Just then, Jane came riding by on her Appaloosa on the edge of the burned veld ......
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Jane on her Appaloosa |
On the way back in the orchard, we nearly walked into this! Ever wondered why our tractor drivers attach a vertical wire like a radio aerial to the front of their tractors?
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Spider and web |
Instead walked along the next row and found this little Ink Cap:
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Ink Cap |
And that, Dear Readers, is our 100th Flower Walk! :-) A
Not a lot can be said, although there obviously is growth gradually returning which is nice to see. The little Oxilis certainly helps to put a little colour into the pictures. Please what is it's full name, we have yellow ones in the Northern Hemisphere, O. corniculata and O.stricta being the more common but they are different to this one here. Thanks again for sharing.
ReplyDelete....and congratulations on the century.
ReplyDeleteLovely idea, I will follow your posts with interest from now on. Our daughter Jane (on the Apaloosa!), told me to look at your blog, she quite often asks for names of things and I try! But the plants are not the same as ours up here in Hoekwil and so can't always get them right especially if not flowering! So only to say here that either the funny Wachendorfia is something else or that the bulbs were slightly damaged in the fire and the leaves are finding a new route out!?
ReplyDeleteThanks Yvette! I have seen your picture on Jane's FB page :-) You will see from yesterday's walk that Pat (Dr Pat Miller, Economics, not Botany!) from Hermanus BotSoc says she doesn't think they're Wachendorfias, but she can't remember what they are!
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