May and June Fynbos Rambles
https://eefalsebay.blogspot.com/2024/07/may-and-june-fynbos-rambles.html
before the winter hit us in July, coming direct from Antarctica!
Observations
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Cosmina fuscipennisObserver
dianastuderDescription
on Protea repens with the bees
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Smooth Bloodlily (Haemanthus sanguineus)Observer
dianastuderDescription
Strange. In a fire ravaged landscape, no one wants to EAT those luscious berries. Why does a plant make inedible fruit ?
From these flowers https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214956943
PS would be eaten by tortoises - so - no tortoises here between suburbia and fire ? Not many obs!
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Cape Buckhorn (Cynanchum africanum)Observer
dianastuderDescription
Milkweed family. Climber. Hairy. Fleshy oval leaves. Twirly burgundy bits are petals. White is a deep narrow crown / corona.
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Western Klimop (Astephanus triflorus)Observer
dianastuderDescription
Milkweed family.
Climbing in a Searsia.
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Wild Cotton (Gomphocarpus cancellatus)Observer
dianastuderDescription
Usually see just the one plant along this stretch. Mother and baby this year.
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Riccia purpurascensObserver
dianastuderDescription
leafy liverwort in Ys. Lejeuneaceae ?
Also a fine thready moss ?
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Common Spearleaf Conebush (Leucadendron spissifolium ssp. spissifolium)Observer
dianastuderDescription
crossing the river with Mimetes, swamp daisy and boggy friends
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Kreupelhout (Leucospermum conocarpodendron ssp. viridum)Observer
dianastuderDescription
approx location on the way down again
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Blackbeard Sugarbush (Protea lepidocarpodendron)Observer
dianastuderDescription
Black beard. Also dark bracts
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Coarse Myrrhleaf Storksbill (Pelargonium myrrhifolium ssp. myrrhifolium)Observer
dianastuderDescription
in the jeep track.
Leaves SO dark purple they are almost black
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