Disa ferruginea is one of the more conspicuous orchids found on the Klein River Mountains. The bright reddish-orange flowering spikes…

The red-hot poker, Kniphofia uvaria, is quite common on the Klein River Mountains, but you wouldn’t necessarily know it. For…

The first autumn rains bring the arrival of the Single-leaved Cape Stars, Pauridia monophylla, to the upper slopes of Phillipskop.…

One of our most beautiful plants at Phillipskop and indeed in the Cape flora itself is Nerine sarniensis. But both…

The King Protea, Protea cynaroides, needs no introduction. It is a very worthy holder of the title of South Africa’s…

A curious aspect of living amongst the Cape Flora is that we sometimes forget how special some of our commoner…