Flowers on the Fynbos Trail

I recently had an outing along the Fynbos Trail near Schoenmakerskop with a friend while planting some geocaches and snapped this picture of a bush of flowers. Not exactly sure what it was or if its even supposed to grow naturally on the Wildside. I just thought it makes for a nice scene.

Flowering Spekboom in Addo

I like pizza... and braaivleis... and burgers... and... and... and... Elephants like a whole bunch of things as well. One of those things is Spekboom (Portulacaria afra). Spekboom, also called the elephant bush, forms part of the Subtropical Thicket biome and is prevalent in the Addo Elephant National Park. In actual fact its one of the reasons … Continue reading Flowering Spekboom in Addo →

Kings Protea in Van Stadens Wildflower Reserve

The Van Stadens Wildflower Reserve west of Port Elizabeth is one of the best and easiest accessible areas around to see proteas and other species in the Cape Floral Kingdom. Flowers like the King Protea, South Africa's national flower, and the Pin Cushion Protea is found in abundance and when in flower is a real … Continue reading Kings Protea in Van Stadens Wildflower Reserve →

Succulent flowers at Kuzuko

Succulents always surprise me with the beautiful flowers that they produce specially when they grow in dry and arid areas. The flowering succulent in the picture was growing next to the path to our room at Kuzuko Lodge in the northern part of the Addo Elephant National Park.After reading the post, Alan Fogarty of Alan … Continue reading Succulent flowers at Kuzuko →

Wildflower Reserve trails

The Van Stadens Wildflower Reserve is looking stunning at the moment with loads of Pin Cushions and King Proteas in flower. We went for a short walk through the reserve and eventually Drama Princess and I fell so far behind the Damselfly and Chaos Boy cause she kept on stopping to look at flowers and ask … Continue reading Wildflower Reserve trails →

Swartkops aloe and muggies

Have aloe, will photograph. That is the case with me when I find a flowering aloe somewhere in the wild. With the aloes' flowering season something of the past I will run out of pics soon, but seeing that I still have one or two, I'm posting one today. This aloe is from the Flamingo Trail in the Zwartkops … Continue reading Swartkops aloe and muggies →

Aloe trident

Aloes are amongst my favorite flowers, specially because they bloom in winter, so I'm always a bit sad at this time of the year when the flowers start to wilt and disappear.

Quarry flower

Everlastings

Everlasting flowers amongst the Fynbos on the hillside close to Cotswold

Aloe close up

Although there are still lots of flowering aloes about you can clearly see that the aloe season is slowly coming to an end. I wish they could flower all year round. But saying that, it wouldn't be as special if they did. Here's a close up of an aloe flower for those who may have … Continue reading Aloe close up →