We met at Red Desert and avoided the marsh land for we would have found ourselves knee high in squishy red clay and probably on our bottoms stuck there forever. Red Desert is always a rewarding place to botanise and today we came across these South African endemics; Rafnia elliptica, Heliophila subalata, Aspalathus chortophila, Heliophilae elongata, Oxygonum dregeanum, Hilliardiella nudicaulis, Watsonia pillansii, Prionium serratum, Hypoxis colchicifolia and Acrolophia cochlearis.
The orchids we saw were Brachycorythis pubescens, Pterygodium sp., Satyrium sphaerocarpum, Satyrium longicauda var. longicauda and Acrolophia cochlearis.
We were not able to take a group photo as lightening bounced around the hillside and we tried to scuttle as fast as we could back to the safety of our cars. It was a rewarding day nevertheless.
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| Acrolophia cochlearis or Eulophia cochlearis ORCHIDACEAE South African endemic |
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 Brachycorythis pubescens ORCHIDACEAE |
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And we off...
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| Heliophila rigidiuscula BRASSICACEAE |
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| Rafnia elliptica Rafnia elliptica South African endemic |
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| Aspalathus chortophila Tea Bush FABACEAE South African endemic |
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| Gazania linearis var. linearis ASTERACEAE |
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| Zornia linearis FABACEAE |
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| Pterygodium sp. ORCHIDACEAE |
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| Helichrysum acutatum Sticky Everlasting ASTERACEAE  |
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| Satyrium sphaerocarpum ORCHIDACEAE |
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| Heliophila elongata BRASSICACEAE South African endemic |
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| Satyrium longicauda var. longicauda ORCHIDACEAE |
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| Oxygonum dregeanum POLYGONACEAE South African endemic |
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| Asclepias albens APOCYNACEAE |
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| Hilliardiella nudicaulis ASTERACEAE South African endemic |
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| Watsonia pillansii IRIDACEAE South African endemic |
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| Prionium serratum JUNCACEAE South African endemic |
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| Xyris natalensis XYRIDACEAE |
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| Hypoxis colchicifolia HYPOXIDACEAE South African |
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| Eriosema parviflorum FABACEAE Pondoland C.R.E.W./The Thursday Group Maggie, Dorothy, Anne, Tracy, Hillary and Gail |
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