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Variable Courting Harlequin (Eulophia ovalis var. ovalis)Observer
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±150mm tall inflorescence, speading, 4 flowers, speading sepals, reddish in colour; white petals, lip white with pale yellow lip crest
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Observer
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±150mm tall plant, heart shaped, flat growing, single green leaf. Branched inflorescence of ±10mm flowers on slender stalks, white with bluish green midvein.
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±150mm inflorescence, ±10 flowers, white with dark purple spots. Growing in a sandstone crevice
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Drakensberg Sheepfig (Delosperma lavisiae)Observer
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Mat forming succulent. ±7x3mm fleshy leaves. ±17mm bright cerise flowers with yellow center. Growing on sandstone outcrop.
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Sheepfigs (Genus Delosperma)Observer
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Succulent, spreading plant growing near sanstone. ±50x6mm leaves, ±30mm flowers, white and pink with yellow centres, whorls of soft fine petals.
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Large Mountain Ink Flower (Cycnium racemosum)Observer
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±250mm unbranched plant, Large ±55mm pink flowers, soft easily bruised, turning black
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Thick Slime-Lily (Albuca setosa)Observer
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Green fleshy plant, ±230mm tall. Leaves narrow. Inflorescence above the leaves. Flowers white ±20mm, white with distinctive green stripe beneath sepals. Growing on a sandstone out crop.
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Tall Silver Sugarbush (Protea roupelliae ssp. roupelliae)Observer
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Seen on KZN Drakensberg mountain slope amongst a group of scattered
Protea roupelliae roupelliae
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Genus LatoiaObserver
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A stunning slug-like caterpillar eating a Protea roupelliae leaf on a mountain slope
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Genus LobobunaeaObserver
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Poplar Emporer
±5cm vivid neon lime green caterpillar
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Curry Velvetworm (Peripatopsis birgeri)Observer
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Sani Lodge Backpackers, Sani Pass road, S Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Google, OSM)Description
Southern Velvet Worms
Family Peripatopsidae
A black worm like animal, with a white head and black antennae, with a velvety appearance, about 4cm long
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Brown-veined White (Belenois aurota ssp. aurota)Observer
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Brown-veined White, Belenois aurota
Small white, brown veined butterflies, with yellow markings on the underside of their wings; flying in a NE direction. About 150 individuals flew over the ridge in this location today. Some stopped briefly to feed and rest as the wind was quite strong.
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Genus LiliocerisObserver
christeenDescription
Small red bug
Very small, about 3mm. Would welcome an ID!
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Berg Garlic (Tulbaghia montana)Observer
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Tulbaghia montana
Growing in amongst rocks on a dolorite hillside. Flowering inflorescence about 200mm high. Individual flowers about 5 x 3 mm, about 6 on a flowering stem. Whitish green with bright orange centres. Garlic smelling, long thin leaves, about 150mm in length.
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Nasturtium Ragwort (Senecio oxyriifolius)Observer
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Senecio oxyriifolius
Round ^nasturtium^ type leaves, grey-green, about 60mm diameter. Tall slender flowering stems, branched, with ^old-paintbrush^ shaped flowers, dull yellow-ochre in colour. Growing amongst rocks on a dolorite hillside.
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False Gentian (Raphionacme hirsuta)Observer
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Raphionacme hirsuta
Small, clumped cushion like groups of flowers. No visible leaves at flowering. Bright purple, blunt-star shaped flowers, about 5 x 5mm diameter. Growing on a grassy, rocky dolorite hillside.
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Lurid Storksbill (Pelargonium luridum)Observer
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Pelargonium luridium
Tall large inflorescence, about 600mm high. Individual flowers a salmon pink colour, petals soft and floppy, about 130mm in diameter. Leaves in a basal rosette, very deeply lobed, grey-green in colour, about 250mm in diameter. Growing in grass on a rocky
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Small Yellow Stargrass (Hypoxis argentea)Observer
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Hypoxis argentea
Plant about 350mm high. Narrow v-shaped green leaves, sparsely covered in fine longish hairs, about 300mm long. Star shaped yellow flowers, slightly rounded petals, about 20mm in diameter. Growing on a grassy, rocky, dolorite hillside.
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Eastern Shrubby Slugwort (Hebenstretia dura)Observer
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Hebenstretia dura
Slender plant, dense, crowded leaves along a greenish stem, topped by an inflorescence, about 500mm high. Leaves thin, about 10 x 1.5mm, green. The inflorescence about 75mm long, individual flowers about 15mm, yellow with bright orange blotch at the base
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Catstail Slugwort (Hebenstretia comosa)Observer
christeenDescription
Hebenstretia comosa
Slender, sparsely leaved plant with an inflorescence at the growing tip, about 400mm high. Stem reddish in colour, leaves long and thin, about 30 x 2mm in length. Dense inflorescence, flowers creamy, about 10mm and scented. Growing in rocky grassland on t
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Pale Eriosema (Eriosema kraussianum)Observer
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Eriosema kraussianum
Small plant about 150mm tall. Found amongst rocks on a dolorite ridge. Leaflets green, about 30 x 7mm. Flower inflorescences about 35mm tall, pale yellow flowers about 7mm in size.
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Broadleaf Hairbell (Dierama latifolium)Observer
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Dierama latifolium
Found in open grassland on the top of a dolorite ridge. Plant about 800mm tall. Leaves about 700mm x 3mm. Flowers deep wine red with silvery bracts, about 25mm long.
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Bietou (Osteospermum moniliferum)Observer
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Chrysanthemoides monilifera
Small scrubby bush about 50cm high. Leathery green, obovate, toothed leaves. Daisy type, yellow flowers and small fruits, green ripening to shiny black.
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Argyrolobium marginatum
Small creeping plant. Destinctive ^silver^ margin on leaf edges. Flowers yellow, in small clusters, each about 12mm in size. Legume type pods, hairy. In grass amongst a stony dolorite ridge.
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Grassveld Blue Disa (Disa baurii)Observer
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Disa baurii
Ground orchid, only two other buds apart from the open flower. No leaves present. Purplish blue in colour with fringed lower edge. Found on a damp grassy, mountain slope. Flower size: about 25mm, stem about 250mm high.
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Ouhout (Leucosidea sericea)Observer
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Leucosidea sericea
Shrubby tree, about 3m high on a dolorite hillside. Flower inflorescence a terminal spike about 75mm long, bearing small yellowish-green flowers with long stamens.
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Treasure Flowers (Genus Gazania)Observer
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Gazania krebsiana
Bright yellow flowerheads about 60mm across. Long thin shiny dark green leaves, felted on underside, present at flowering. Found in burnt off grass on a dolorite ridge.
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Natal Crocus (Apodolirion buchananii)Observer
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Apodolirion buchananii
Single, leafless flowers in grass. Sweet scented. Flower petals about 30mm across on ^stalk-like^ tube about 45mm high from the ground.
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Cyrtanthus tuckii
Flowering in recently burnt grassland. No leaves at the time of flowering. Flowers about 32mm long, red, green tipped. On a dolorite ridge, on an east facing slope.
