WESTERN CAPE AND NAMAQUALAND, SOUTH AFRICA
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010 PAGE EIGHTEEN


Day Fourteen - 3 September 2010: Biedouw Valley and Cedarburg Mts (Cont.)


   
Protea glabra
Proteaceae


 
Protea laurifolia
Proteaceae


 
Pterygodium pentherianum
Orchidaceae
 
 
 
Syringodea longituba
Iridaceae


Springbok or springbuck
Antidorcas marsupialis marsupialis
The specific epithet marsupialis (Latin: marsupium, "pocket") derives from a pocket-like skin flap which extends along the middle of the back from the tail onwards. (Wikipedia) Bok in Afrikaans means 'antelope' and spring means 'jump.'


 
Sebaea exacoides
Gentianaceae


Protea nitida
Proteaceae
 
Grave of Dr. Christian Frederick Louis Leipoldt (1880-1947), South African physician, poet, author, journalist and writer, editor of the South African Medical Journal, traveller and plant collector. A major figure in the field of South African botany, his name is on species in at least 22 current genera of plants.



Day Fifteen - 4 September 2010: Clanwilliam to Velddrift


   
Arctotis decurrens
Asteraceae
  
Babiana auriculata
Iridaceae


 
Arctotheca populifolia
Asteraceae


 
Aspalathus linearis
Fabaceae
[This is a rooibos tea plantation.]


   
Hermannia trifurca
Malvaceae
 
   
Dorotheanthus rourkei
Mesembryanthemaceae
Corycium crispum
Orchidaceae


 
Aloe mitriformis
Asphodelaceae
 
Babiana sp.
Iridaceae


 
 
Crotalaria excisa
Fabaceae
 
 
 
 
Pelargonium sp.
Geraniaceae
Acrosanthes teretifolia
Aizoaceae
 
 


   
Carpobrotus acinaciformis
Mesembryanthemaceae
 
Lapeirousia fabricii
Iridaceae


       
   
Zaluzianskya villosa
Scrophulariaceae		    
    Babiana hirsuta
Iridaceae


 
Birds
 



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