Please could you distribute this advertisement for 1 PhD and 2 MSc bursaries at the Fynbos Node of the South African Environmental Observation Network. Students interested in studying global change in fynbos are encouraged to apply. For more inf click … Continue reading
Dear Wendy Please distribute this MSc opportunity, working towards the biological control of Acacia cyclops. Although within the discipline of Plant Pathology, undergraduate studies in this subject are not a prerequisite and candidates with a strong plant ecology or conservation background … Continue reading
The Cape Edelweiss (Lanaria lanata) is flowering in the young burnt vegetation around Kogelberg Nature Reserve at the moment. It is an upright plant that reaches 80cm, with numerous stiff, narrow leaves at the base that arise from a woody … Continue reading
Lachenalias are members of the Hyacinthaceae family. There are some 66 species in the Cape flora, many of which have become popular horticultural species around the world. Two Lachenalia’s, Lachenalia rosea and Lachenalia variegata are flowering in Walker Bay at … Continue reading
You’re invited to join us for our first ‘Pick a Pincushion Day’, to be held on Flower Valley Farm near Gansbaai on Saturday, 26 November. For more information see Pick a Pincushion Day pDF or www.flowervalley.org.za.
Leucospermum conocarpodendron is in full flower at the moment. I took this photo of a fine speciman above Somerset West in the fynbos overlooking the Da Capo vineyards ( on the lower slopes of the Hottentots Holland Mountains). The area where the … Continue reading
The Kogelberg region of the Cape is generally accepted as the true heart of the Cape floral Kingdom, an area of unprecendeted floral diversity and natural beauty. As a result some 100 000 hectares stretching from the coast (Gordons Bay … Continue reading
A recent article in the Botanical Societies Veld and Flora magazine written by Dave and Sue Whitelaw outlines the considerable threat posed by the proposed nuclear power station at Bantamsklip in the southern Overberg. To read the full article click … Continue reading
A Masters project, funded through the South African Biosystematics Initiative (SABI) of the National Research Foundation (NRF), is available at the Compton Herbarium, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, Cape Town. The student will be registered at either the University of Cape … Continue reading
While the fields of the large, showy pincushions such as the silver-edge pincushions tend to steal the show at this time of the year, there is a group of other, less obvious pincushion proteas that are also flowering – but … Continue reading
