It is growing in the horse paddock next door. We found another one, but not as impressive as this Satyrium coriifolium:
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Satyrium coriifolium |
A bright pink Erica on the side of the road:
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Pink Erica |
Waterblommetjies Aponogeton distachyos in abundance! We can't remember so many on this dam before.
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Waterblommetjies Aponogeton distachyos |
The flower folds out in two branches.
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Flower detail |
Next to the path we found this Sparaxis bulbifera we remember from last year
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Sparaxis bulbifera |
Flower and seed pods from the side.
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Sparaxis bulbifera from the side |
The Sundews Drosera in the road are pushing up flower buds:
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Sundews Drosera with flower buds |
Some lovely Euryops in the unburnt area, to remind us of what to expect. The 'new' veld is covered with new plants!
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Euryops |
We were pleased to find quite a few Trachyandra ciliata where we remembered them before. This one was in an area completely burned clear. The leaves are like flat shoelaces.
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Trachyandra ciliata |
Flower detail:
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Flower detail |
A welcome splash of pink some distance off the path was worth investigating, Gladiolus hirsutus probably.
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Gladiolus hirsutus? |
This is how it grows:
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Gladiolus hirsutus from the side |
On a sandy, bare slope we came across several of these small white plants. The wind was pumping through making photography very difficult. Possibly a Geissorhiza, but which one?
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Geissorhiza? Which one? |
Still absolutely no sign of buds forming on the Wachendorfia paniculata which are growing upwards! The characteristic red root can be seen here.
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Wachendorfia paniculata, no buds yet! |
We spotted more Spiloxene, probably S. aquatica. Growing here under an Othonna quinquedentata.
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Spiloxene aquatica (?) |
These Moraea ochroleuca we first spotted last week are all over one slope.
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Moraea ochroleuca |
It was interesting to see in this one case, the single leaf tangled up in another plant!
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Single leaf of Moraea ochroleuca tangled |
Here a Ladybird and another bug take turns to pollinate!
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Taking turns to pollinate! |
Again, from where we remember from previous years, a Gladiolus debilis in white. This single plant was much smaller than we remember, we'll be back to check for more!
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Gladiolus debilis |
We came across some of these with the rubbery leaves when we were making the cut-offs for rainwater in the 4x4 track.
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Orchid? |
Now we have a bud forming... an Orchid?
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Bud detail |
Next weekend I'll be in Pietermaritzburg so who knows what I'll find there! :-) A
Comments from Dominic, The Fynbos Guy:
ReplyDelete.......amazing grow back after the March fires.
That budding plant with two leaves - you thought it might be an orchid - could be! But the developing flower looks just like a Lachenalia bud - should be pretty easy to ID when it opens.
Those Geissorhizas ... they are tricky aren't they? Next time you see them, check if any leaves are sticky - that may narrow it down.
From De Kelders, I think you are right with O. dentata - this one has toothed leaves, most are smooth. Was the Cat's Claw next to it? It often parasitises daisies.
Speaking of which, that ambiguous yellow daisy may be Haplocarpa lanata - brandbossie.
The one growing flat on the rocks looks like a Polygala (bracteolata) - some Polygalas are big bushes, others are ground covers/sprawlers. The new geranium looks like Pelargonium capitum - it likes the coast.
Keep 'em coming!
Dom