Tag Archives | fynbos

I wonder if Table Mountain…

By on September 22, 2010 in environment, indigenous

will get chosen? Are you having withdrawals after voting in the SA Blog Awards? Here is something else you might vote for… Tourism Minister, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, has urged South Africans to vote in the final round of the New 7 Wonders of Nature contest to ensure that Table Mountain makes it onto the final [...]

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Fynbos Wiki

By on April 3, 2010 in environment, indigenous

The universities of Cape Town and Regensberg in Germany have joined forces to create a Fynbos Wiki to make information on fynbos and fynbos ecology readily available online.  See it here and contribute if you are an expert http://fynbos.hallowiki.biz/index.php/Main_Page

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Fynbos at Kirstenbosch

By on January 19, 2010 in flowers, indigenous

A random selection of Fynbos (Cape Floral Kingdom) from the beautiful Kirstenbosch National Gardens in Cape Town.

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Fynbos flowers, unusual colours

By on October 4, 2009 in flowers, indigenous

This fynbos plant has remarkable colouring.  The leaves are a blue-grey and its flowers go from a purple to a lovely brown.  Again, I forgot to keep the name of it so if anyone recognises it please let me know.  Although it looks like it wouldn’t do so well in Durbs, it is thriving in [...]

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