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DISCLAIMER - just about all the IDs here should be considered tentative - there are many more species possibilities than just what appear in the flower books I have on hand.

Photos by Trip: South Africa - Western Cape Aug-Sep 2007
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Cape Town - Kirstenbosch Gardens - Aug 21-22

Marsh Pagoda
Mimetes hirtus
Proteaceae
Kirstenbosch Gardens
Cape Town, South Africa
21 August 2007

Paterson's Pincushion
Leucospermum patersonii
Proteaceae
Kirstenbosch Gardens
Cape Town, South Africa
21 August 2007

Protea unident
Kirstenbosch Gardens
Proteaceae
Cape Town, South Africa
21 August 2007

 
King Protea
Protea cynaroides
Proteaceae
Kirstenbosch Gardens
Cape Town, South Africa
21 August 2007
Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve - Aug 22

Mimetes cucullatus
"Red Pagoda"
Proteaceae
Cape of Good Hope NR
South Africa
22 August 2007

 

with Sugarbird

Erica sp.
(unident. Heath)
Ericaceae
Cape of Good Hope NR
South Africa
22 August 2007
Drosera (trinervia?)
Sundew
Droseraceae
Cape of Good Hope NR
South Africa
22 August 2007

Leucodendron sp.
(poss. xanghoconus?)
Conebush (sickle-leaved?)
Proteaceae
Cape of Good Hope NR
South Africa
22 August 2007

Unidentified - with very cool, square column of foliage.
Gladiolus bonaespei
Iridaceae
Cape of Good Hope NR
South Africa
22 August 2007
Watsonia (coccinea?)
Iridaceae
Cape of Good Hope NR
South Africa
22 August 2007
Harold Porter Botanical Gardens & Gordon's Bay - Aug 23

Muraltia (heisteria?)
Purple Gorse
Polygalaceae (Milkwort family)

and

Berzelia sp
Bruniaceae (Cape Floral endemic)

Harold Porter Gardens
South Africa
23 August 2007
Struthiola sp(?)
Thymelaeaceae
Harold Porter Gardens
South Africa
23 August 2007
Pelargonium (cucullatum?)
Cape Mallow
 Geraniaceae
Harold Porter Gardens
South Africa
23 August 2007

Podalyria calyptrata
Tree Sweet Pea
Fabaceae
Harold Porter Gardens
South Africa
23 August 2007

Zantedeschia aethiopica
Common Arum Lily
Araceae
roadside, Gordon's Bay
South Africa
23 August 2007