Dear all Fynbos Forum 2013 – SAVE the DATE! 7th to 10th October 2013 We take pleasure in announcing that the 2013 Fynbos Forum will be held from the 7th to the 10th October at Kirstenbosch Gardens in recognition of their … Continue reading
My six year old neighbor Nathan sent me this great picture of an arum lily frog Hyperolius horstockii which he had found in an Arum Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) on his farm in the Uilkraals Valley near Gansbaai. This frog uses the arum flowers as … Continue reading
I came across this delicate little flower in a patch of shale fynbos just outside of the village of Greyton. Schizoglossum cordifolium is a slender, single-stemmed perennial that grows to 15 cm and oozes a milky latex if damaged. It is a … Continue reading
Dear all CapeNature Groen Sebenza Opportunities: Closing date 4 pm on 31 January 2013 Intern Advert – Groen Sebenza – CapeNature – 170113 ammended Please see the attached advertisement regarding employment opportunities with CapeNature as part of the Groen Sebenza … Continue reading
Dear all RE Botsoc Groen Sebenza posts Please find attached information about the Botanical Society’s Groen Sebenza programme. [Note that this is separate from the SANBI, WESSA and CapeNature programmes, for which the Fynbos Forum had also sent out notices … Continue reading
Dear Fynbos Fanatics I will be running another introductory Fynbos identification course at Kirstenbosch, 2-5 April 2013. click here for more details.. fynbos plant ID workshop April 2013 Cost R1900 includes notes, dissecting tools and required book. The attached document has … Continue reading
I was walking down the driveway yesterday and came across this chap next to the road. It’s a Cape dune mole rat, the largest of all the blemols (burrowing rodents restricted to sub-Saharan Africa). Measuring 27 to 35 centimeters (11 to 14 … Continue reading
Last week started the year with our first group on the Fynbos Trail (www.walkerbaytrails.co.za). Being the middle of summer I really wasn’t expecting much in the way of flowers and was worried that the hikers would be disappointed by the lack of color … Continue reading
Last week I visited a patch of limestone fynbos near Cape Agulhas. My reason for the visit was to see what plants are present in an area proposed for extending a agricultural lime mine. On the way to the site … Continue reading
Following the good spring rains in the Overberg the green wood orchid (Bonatea speciosa) has been flowering profusely the last few weeks. This magnificent plant was considered by Darwin to be the most ‘profoundly modified’of all orchids. It is characterized by robust, … Continue reading
