Identificaciones de jan-hendrik

Arctotheca whitey

A beautiful annual with white flowers blowing in the wind heralding the arrival of spring.
We were on time and took some pictures just before the District were about to mow everything away! What a pity and lack of coordination here. By next spring I want to see them seed with the District patiently waiting to only go skoffel after they've set seed. Really sad. These annuals hardly present a hazard to visibility on that open road.

Arctotheca whitey

A beautiful annual with white flowers blowing in the wind heralding the arrival of spring.
We were on time and took some pictures just before the District were about to mow everything away! What a pity and lack of coordination here. By next spring I want to see them seed with the District patiently waiting to only go skoffel after they've set seed. Really sad. These annuals hardly present a hazard to visibility on that open road.

Tritoniopsis burchellii

Leaves dry with petiole. Stem leaves brown and scarious. Tube length 30mm, dorsal tepal 17mm, filament 26-28mm.
Best character appears to be the bracts, the inner ones are 20mm long. This is compared to T. triticea, where they are only about 13mm long. T. triticea (http://www.ispotnature.org/node/648973) flowered about a month later at lower altitude (seen in 3rd photo alongside bracts of this observation).

Viooltjies in die voorhuis - Viooltjies blou en rooi! Viooltjies orals op die veld, En orals, ai, so mooi!

Dis noggie Oktobermaand, maar ...
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Dit is die maand Oktober!
Ek dink die mense vier
Vir ewig in die hemel
Oktobermaand soos hier!
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Wat wens jy meer as blomme,
as helder dag en nag?
Wat kan jy beter, mooier
of heerliker verwag?
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Dankie C Louis Liepoldt

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