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Summer Watsonia

Watsonia schlechteri (Iridaceae)

In the shimmering heat of summer, the spikes of Watsonia schlechteri appear as beacons amongst the fynbos. Often producing a single spike of up to 30 large trumpet-shaped lurid orange-scarlet flowers, the individual plants can be spotted from considerable distance across the mountain slopes. While this certainly attracts the attention…

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Flora December, February, geophyte, Iridaceae, January, summer, sunbird, Watsonia

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Flowering head of Kniphofia albescens, Asphodelaceae

Today was a mammoth day of travelling: an almost 600km round trip very kindly driven entirely by John Burrows of Buffelskloof. The aim was to find Kniphofia albescens, which he had seen in the uplands near Piet Retief some years ago. If that was successful we hoped to go on…

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Kniphofia Expedition Buffelskloof Nature Reserve, Kniphofia, Kniphofia albescens, Kniphofia laxiflora, Kniphofia linearifolia, Kniphofia splendida, Mpumalanga, Riocreuxia, Watsonia
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