Saturday, 4 April 2020

Covid 19 Lockdown; Garden flowers challenge (April 2020)

As we work our way through the national lockdown, everyone not involved in essential services is required to stay at home in order to flatten the infection curve of Covid 19. This will keep most of us housebound at least until the 16th of April and therefore unable to get out into the field on our regular Thursday walks. I now really appreciate the stand which allows me to ride my mountain bike in the garage to keep fit without breaking the rules.

As it will be a while before we can get out into the field again, I decided to challenge the members of our CREW group to take photos of indigenous flowering plants in their gardens. I have been delighted with the response, as it has demonstrated:
  • That there is plenty of floral interest in our gardens at the moment even as we head towards winter, having past the autumn solstice
  • That our group members like to surround themselves with our indigenous plants even when not on one of our walks
Lloyd, whose lockdown accommodation does not give him access to a garden, elected to send photos taken last year in April when he visited some undeveloped land near Hillcrest, KZN.

We will be adding to the photos below as more plants flower in our gardens so it may be necessary to visit this post more than once to see all there has been to offer in the gardens.


Acalypha vilicaulis (TT)

Aeollanthus parvifolius (DM)

Aerangis mystacidii
Aerangis mystacidii
Alberta magna (MA)

Albuca batteniana (TT)

Aloe minima (LM)

Aloe tenuior (AH)
 
Ansellia africana

Antidesma venosum

Apodytes dimidiata fruits

Aristea ecklonii

Argyrolobium tomentosum

Asclepias albens (MW)

Asparagus falcatus fruits (TT)

Asystasia gangetica (DM)

Bachmannia woodii (DM)

Barleria obtusa

Barleria repens (DM)

Barringtonia racemosa (MA)

Bauhinia natalensis (DM)

Bauhinia tomentosa (AH)

Begonia homonyma (TT)

Berkheya bergiana (DM)

Berkheya bipinnatifida (DM)

Berkheya speciosa (DM)

Caputia medley-woodii (DK)

Caputia medley-woodii

Carissa macrocarpa (MA)

Ceropegia linearis var woodii (GB-W)

Chlorophytum modestum (DM)
 
Clivia gardenii

Clivia robusta (MA)

Coleotrype natalensis (TT)

Crassula expansa var fragilis

Crassula obovata var obovata (GB-W)

Crassula perfoliata var heterotricha

Crassula southii

Crassula streyi

Crocosmia aurea

Crotalaria natalitia (DM)

Crotalaria virgulata subsp. grantiana

Cryptocarya woodii fruits (DM)

Curio radicans buds
 
Curio radicans with visitor

Cycnium tubulosum (DM)

Deinbollia oblongifolia (TT)

Delosperma rogersii (DM)

Delosperma sp

Delosperma tradescantioides

Dietes grandiflora

Dietes iridioides 

Disa nervosa (MW)

Dombeya burgessiae

Dracaena aletriformis
 
Endostemon obtusiflorus

Englerodaphne ovalifolia (DM)

Eriocephalus africanus

Felicia erigeroides

Floscopa glomerata

Freylinia sp.

Gazania krebsiana

Gladiolus dalenii (AS)

Gladiolus ecklonii (LM)

Halleria lucida

Helichrysum auriceps (MA)

Helichrysum confertifolium (LM)

Hewittia malabarica (AH)

Hibiscus calyphyllus (DM)

Hibiscus canabinus (AH)

Huernia hystrix

Huernia volkartii

Huernia zebrina

Hypoestes forskaoli (TT)

Hypoxis angustifolia (DM)


Impatiens hochstetteri (LM)

Indigofera micrantha

Justicia betonica

Justiia campylostemon (DM)

Kalanchoe crenata

Kleinia fulgens (DM)

Kniphofia gracilis (LM)

Lasiosiphon anthylloides (DM)

Leonotis intermedia (DM)

Lobelia anceps

Nemesia caerulea (DM)

Neonotonia wightii

Ochna sp (MA)

Ocimum labiatum (DM)

Oplismenus hirtellus

Osteospermum moniliferum (DM)

Pelargonium tongaense

Pelargonium zonale

Persicaria lapathifolia (AH)

Phyllanthus myrtaceus (DM)

Pilogyne scabra (AH)

Plectranthus aliciae

Plectranthus ambiguus (AH)

Plectranthus ecklonis (MA)

Plectranthus madagascariensis

Plectranthus saccatus var saccatus

Plectranthus saccatus subsp. pondoensis (TT)

Plectranthus spicatus

Plectranthus stylesii (DM)


Plumbago auriculata

Polygala gazensis (MA)

Polygala virgata (DM)

Rhamnus prinoides (TT)

Rhynchocalyx lawsonoides (MA)

Rhynchosia caribaea (DM)


Rhynchosia sordida (LM)

Ripsalis baccifera fruits (MA)

Rubia cordifolia

Scadoxus membranaceus (DM)

Searsia nebulosa (KG)

Senecio macroglossus (TT)

Senecio oxyodontus 

Sida rhombifolia (AH)

Strelitzia juncaea (TT)

Strelitzia nicolai 

Strelitzia reginae (AH)

Streptocarpus formosus

Syncolostemon rotundifolius (MA)

Tarchonanthus littoralis

Tecomaria capensis

Tephrosia grandiflora

Tephrosia macropoda var diffusa (DM)

Tetraselago natalensis (LM)

Thorncroftia longiflora

Tricalysia capensis (DM)

Truimfetta pilosa (AH)

Truimfetta pilosa 

Turraea obtusa (DM)

Turraea obtusa (DM)

Vangueria bowkeri (LM)

Watsonia densiflora (MA)


Participants: Alf H, Anne S, Gail B-W., Debbie K, Dorothy M., Graham G., Kate G., Lloyd M., Maggie A., Matt W., Tracy T.


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