Our group was full today with Anne, Debbie and our dear Maggie re-joining us. Consideration had to be taken of the gradient so as to avoid one that was too
challenging. Of course, the sun was the real challenge and we were not able to get into the forest where the shade should
protect us from the scorchers we had been experiencing.
The joys of learning and listening to another when journalizing
can be challenging as when looking up the names one finds there’s a Gerrardina
and then there is Gerardiina. I also
discovered that that Tricalysia lanceolata is now Empogona lanceolata. The joys of name changes.
We ended our day sitting under the shade of the Syzigium
cordatum with “Takkies” that Simon had retrieved from the forest edge with Dorothy helping confirm his idenfications and
pulled ticks off our legs and grass seeds out of our socks.
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| Satyrium trinerve - Monocotyledon - ORCHIDACEAE |
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| Syzigium cordatum subsp. cordatum - Dicot - MYRTACEAE |
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| Monsonia natalensis |
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| Monsonia natalensis -Dicotyledon - GERANIACEAE |
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| Isoglossa ovata |
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| Isoglossa ovata - Dicot - ACANTHACEAE |
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| Muraltia lancifolia - Dicot - POLYGALACEAE |
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| Indigofera sp. |
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| Indigofera sp. |
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| Indigofera sp. |
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| Beautiful slopes and light |
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| Look at that face when Tracy sat on his head! |
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Tracy waiting for the group to congregate.
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Cineraria albicans - Dicot - ASTERACEAE
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| Cineraria albicans - Dicotyledon - ASTERACEAE |
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Cycnium racemosum -Blotting paper flower
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Cycnium racemosum -Large Mountain Ink Flower
Dicot - OROBANCHACEAE
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| Helichrysum adenocarpum - Dicot - ASTERACEAE |
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Tephrosia macropoda - Dicot - FABACEAE
 | | Ophrestia oblongifolia var. oblongfolia - Dicotyledons -FABACEA |
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 | Ophrestia oblongifolia
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| Anne savouring the delicate flavour of the Leonotis intermedia - Klipdagga |
. Sweeties on the rock.
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Callilepis laureola - Dicot - ASTERACEAE
Commonly known as the “Ox-eye daisy” or the “Black-eyed
Susan.” It is for precisely this reason
Kate doesn’t use common names as its very confusing. The “Black-eyed Susan” is associated with
Thunbergia alata. |
The other side of the forest we wish to explore...
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Simon seeking forests. That's his passion. Flowers are secondary.
Tree are his importance as are his bees.
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He has arrived! Simon.
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| Utricularia prehensilis - Dicot - LENTIBULARIACEAE |
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| Aspalathus gerrardii - Natal Prickly Pea - Dicot - FABACEAE |
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| Aspalathus gerrardii - Natal Prickly Pea |
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| Aspalathus gerrardii - Natal Prickly Pea |
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| Gerrardina foliosa - Krantz-berry |
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| Gerrardina foliosa - Krantz-berry - Dicot -ACHARIACEAE |
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Dissotis canescens - Pink Wild Tibouchina- Dicot - MELASTOMATACEAE
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| The Indaba with Enoc. A hot day, finding shade, going over "Takkies" and discussing the future... |
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Student and teacher. Watch this space.
 | Dorothy kindly pointed out that Gail's lens had fallen off her camera which lay on her note book alongside the Tricalysia lanceolata which now has had a name change.
Empogona laceolata. Jackal coffee. Dicot - RUBIACEAE
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Pondoland C.R.E.W.
Tracy Taylor, Dorothy McIntyre, Maggie Abbott, Simon Hicks, Debbie King, Anne Skelton and Gail Bowers-Winters |
"If the English language made any sense, "lackadaisical" would have something to do with a shortage of flowers." - Doug Larson
