Flowering Month: November

  • Eulophia speciosa

    Posted on by s2This terrestrial orchid is one of the most common southern African eulphias with fleshy lance-shaped, semi-erect leaves that arise from underground corms.  It can bear up to 30 flowers in a lax unbranched raceme. The flowers are a striking yellow... Read more »

  • Dymondia margaretae

    Posted on by s2Mat-forming evergreen perennial, creeping with much-branched rhizome. Leaves are blue-grey and flowers are daisy-like, small and solitary. Read more »

  • Dimorphotheca X hybrid

    Posted on by s2This ground cover perennial is stunning when mass planted. Most species have glossy, shining flower petals, so that when they flower in masses the sheets of colour have a shimmering brilliance. Read more »

  • Dietes iridoides

    Posted on by s2Evergreen perennial herb with a creeping rhizomes. The leaves are dark green, sword shaped and sometimes branched. The flowers only last a day and are closed by midday except on overcast days. This plant is found in evergreen forests and... Read more »

  • Dietes grandiflora

    Posted on by s2D. grandiflora is a perennial, evergreen plant which grows  up to 1.5m, forming large clumps.  The plant grows from underground rhizomes. The long, rigid, sword-shaped leaves, held in a fan shape, are dark green and may reach up to 1 m... Read more »

  • Dietes bicolour

    Posted on by s2Distinguishable from D.grandiflora by pale yellow colour with a brownish blotch at the base of the limb. Each flower only last a single day but because so many buds are produced, the plant is almost always carrying a flower. It... Read more »

  • Cyrtanthus elatus

    Posted on by s2This very beautiful bulb is found mainly in the Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma mountains. It bears bright green slender, strap-shaped leaves. The brilliant funnel-shaped flowers are 120mm long and 80mm across. The word “cyrtanthus” refers to the Greek word meaning “curved... Read more »

  • Cynanchum africanum

    Posted on by s2An aggressive climber found all over the reserve with slender stems and branches. They contain milky, bitter latex that is apparently non-irritant. The leaves are heart-shaped and the horn-shaped fruits contain club-shaped plumed seeds Read more »

  • Crassula perfoliata

    Posted on by s2An erect, sparingly branched perennial succulent up to about 1.5 m high when in flower, often growing singly. The succulent leaves are oblong and sickle-shaped, arranged in opposite rows, laterally compressed, ascending-spreading and with blunt ends. The small flowers are arranged... Read more »

  • Crassula nudicaulis

    Posted on by s2This is a low-growing tufted perennial with fleshy branches with short or even no stem. Flowers in small clusters forming elongate panicles. Read more »