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Hemimeris sabolusa
Sand geelgesiggie.

Also from PCS's photos from page 3



Wachendorfia paniculata
Rooi kanol, Koffiepit

I have that exact book and it is great!! Now I just need to learn how to recognise the different families to make it easier to use

Once again, thank you for the great pics and educational thread!!

Pleasure BushFairy ..... what I have realised is that I need to take more photos if I wish to ID the flower correctly...the leaves , stems etc are just as important.
I see a pretty flower and simply forget about the rest.
I really going to try in Namaqualand to photograph the entire plant, the leaves, the stems as well as the flower...but then my eye will home in on a caterpillar and I will get side-tracked..I just know it !!!!

Hi,

The 17th of August I visited the WCNP and Postberg, when the flowering season just started. I liked it a lot and saw a lot of nice, unusual flowers. From a lot of them I could find the name on this forum, but there are some nice ones left that I would like to share with you. Maybe someone knows the names of these weird ones.


Is this also a Hyobanche?


A Gladiolus?

The next two are probably Orchids:





I have no clue on these ones, but they were very nice as well.

Hi Niek...apologies... getting down to trying to ID these flowers took a little longer than expected but the following is what I have come up ??? I do not guarantee my ID's though !!!!

#1 Cytinus sanguineus - aaardroos ( earth rose). A root parasite on a variety of shrubs in Western Cape.

#2 Babiana scabrifolia

#3 Corycium orobanchoides - Bastertrewwa . Pungently scented.

#4 Gladiolus angustus - lang pypie

#5 possibly Gladiolus undulatus - Vleipypie. Not really sure about this one !!!

#6 Limonium perigrinum or capense - Strandroos or papierblom.


As I say I am no expert ...I have merely looked through my books to find a matching picture

Thanks Caracal for searching the names! I was checking some of the names you gave me and I think you're right on most of them. I never thought about Babiana species and while surfing on the web I suddenly found two Babianas that fit better to the fifth picture: Babiana tubulosa or B. tubiflora. It is really nice that the forum works out so well.

Greetings,

Niek