It was a good decision as the grassland presented a very colourful display in shades of pink, purple, white and yellow. While we have been seeing most of the more obvious species in previous months, the accumulated vigour was inspiring. This flush of flowers has undoubtedly been brought about by the relatively late burn and the subsequent rain. Unfortunately it is very difficult to capture this sort of chaotic floral abundance in a photographic image so we will have to resort to closeup images of some of the more unusual or eye-catching of these.
The first unusual species to catch our eyes was a leucistic form of Hilliardiella oligocephala - normally a deep magenta.
Leucistic form of Hilliardiella oligocephala |
Normal form of Hilliardiella oligocephala |
Euphorbia guenzii |
Euphorbia striata |
Rotheca hirsuta |
Thesium pallidum |
Cytorchis arcuata |
Drimia unflora |
Clutia cordata |
Clutia discepta |
Disa sagittalis |
Pelargonium capitatum |
Dolichos sericeus |
Combretum kraussii |
Rhynchosia caribaea |
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