Saturday 27 February 2021

Beacon Hill - 14 January 2021




Eulophia horsfalli


Leaves of Eulophia horsfalli



Mark admiring the beautiful orchid flowers.  What an incredible height it grows to.




Debbie, Dorothy and Mark talking a look at the giant Eulophia horsfalli

 

Indigofera herrstreyi
(ined.)


Orthochilus ensatus




Schizoglossum atropurpureum subsp. virens 




Habenaria pseudociliosa - Ghost orchid



Habenaria dives
 - Death Orchid



Gymnanthemum corymbosum


Searsia fastigata



Isoglossa ovata


Maesa lanceolata 

Interesting snippet:  It you take a leaf and break off the tip and place  the stem on
 one's skin it leaves one with a stain that's similar looking in colour to henna.



Mimusops caffra



Pentanisia angustifolia 


Polygala hottentotta 


Protea caffra 


Dioscorea cotinifolia
seed capsules



Anne's battle wounds. 
Compliments of Iboza, a puppy and Smilex anceps. 
We live to tell the tale.



Thesium cupressoides 




Watsonia densiflora





Drosera madagascariensis 




Erica cubica



Cycnium racemosum

Crotalaria globifera


Crotalaria globifera 



Asclepias praemorsa 


Antidesma vernosum 


Agapanthus campanulatus


Hybanthus enneaspermus
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Gazania krebsiana

Dorothy inspecting all the interesting things one find on rocks.



Utricularia prehensilis 


Anne and Tracey



Pachycarpus sp.

 
Syzigium pondoensis



Our rest spot at lunch enjoying the refreshing water cascading down the rocks through the forest.


Dicrannopteris linearis 



Lunch time.  Gail's pack.


Agama


Aspalathus dahlgrenii




It takes serious plant lovers to go through this grass to learn about things.



Front:  Gail Bowers-Winters, Anne Skelton, Tracey Taylor
Back:  Dorothy McIntyre, Debbie King and Mark Gettliffe



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