It was one of the happiest days that was filled with a lot of laughter. We had meandered down the trail from the office and the showstopper was Leucadendron spissifolium subsp. oribinum which is a Near Threatened South African endemic. What a show it had put on. The grass land was a mass of butter yellow. Gail, Tracy and Anne got stuck into a crevice of a rock taking turns to remove an invasive tree that had secretly been growing there for years. We had lunch and fell about laughing as Tracy had us in hysterics.
The weather was so good to us that we decided that we didn't want the day to end and drove to Panpak and went botanising further into the reserve before heading home.
The South African endemics that we saw was Kniphofia coddiana, Disa sagittalis, Helichrysum ruderale, Aspalathus chortophila, Delosperma subpetiolatum, Caesia contorta and the endangered Eriosema umtamvunense.
The orchids of the day were Disa versicolor, Disa stachyoides, Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata, Satyrium longicauda var. longicauda, Disa sagittalis and Polystachya pubescens.
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| Leucadendron spissifolium subsp. oribinum PROTEACEAE Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) South African endemic |
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| A field of flowers from the Beacon Hill office. |
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| Dorothy and Maggie setting off for the day. |
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| Removing baddies from the reserve. |
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| Helichrysum ruderale ASTERACEAE South African endemic |
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| Ipomoea cairica var. cairica CONVOLVULACEAE |
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| Leucadendron spissifolium subsp. oribinum PROTEACEAE Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) South African endemic |
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| Anne looking down at the valley below. |
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| Bulbine sp. ASPHODELACEAE |
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| Aspalathus chortophila FABACEAE South African endemic |
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| Syzygium cordatum subsp. cordatum MYRTACEAE |
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| The most beautiful photo of Dorothy. |
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| We were having such a laugh. |
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| Tracy kept us in hysterics. |
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| Bulbine latifolia var. latifolia ASPHODELACEAE |
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| Tracy's happy chair. |
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| Cassinopsis tinifolia ICACINACEAE |
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| Dalbergia armata Thorny Rope FABACEAE |
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| Delosperma subpetiolatum AIZOACEAE Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii)+2ab(ii,iii) |
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| Canthium vanwykii RUBIACEAE Near Threatened B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) South African endemic |
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| Stachys nigricans LAMIACEAE |
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| Geranium flanaganii GERANIACEAE |
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| Heliophila rigidiuscula BRASSICACEAE |
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| Anne removing invasives out of the reserve. |
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| Indigofera sp. |
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| Disa versicolor Apple-blossum Orchid ORCHIDACEAE |
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| Venturing opposite Pankpak to explore what lay beyond. |
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| Disa stachyoides ORCHIDACEAE |
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| Eriosema umtamvunense FABACEAE Endangered A2c South African endemic |
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| Caesia contorta HEMEROCALLIDACEAE South African endemic |
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| Moraea inclinata IRIDACEAE |
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| Anne helping Maggie down over the overgrown grassy trail with hidden rocks. |
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| Satyrium longicauda var. longicauda ORCHIDACEAE |
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| Drosera natalensis DROSERACEAE |
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| The Tracy Bok. |
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| Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata ORCHIDACEAE |
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| Kniphofia coddiana ASPHODELACEAE Near Threatened B1ab(iii) South African endemic |
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| Disa sagittalis ORCHIDACEAE South African endemic  |
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| Polystachya pubescens ORCHIDACEAE |
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Tracy capturing orchids growing on the rocks. |
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| Crassula vaginata subsp. vaginata CRASSULACEAE |
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| Pondoland C.R.E.W./The Thursday Group Dorothy, Tracy, Maggie, Hillary, Anne and Gail |
