Gladiolus debilis
Erica sessiliflora
Mimetes cucullatus
Protea longifolia
|
Fynbos
This is a list
of some of the plants seen at Sunbird Lodge & Fynbos Reserve :
| English |
Afrikaans |
Latin |
Flowers
when |
| Multitude
of various restios |
|
|
|
| Various
sedges |
|
|
|
| Aulax |
Christmasblom |
Aulax
umbellata |
Nov
- Feb |
| brunia |
vaalstompie |
Brunia
laevis |
Aug
- Jan |
| Cape
may (pink) |
aasbossie |
Colenema
pulcrum |
Winter/Spring |
| Granny
bonnet (ground orchid) |
moederkappie |
Disperis
capensis |
July
– Oct (10/8/02) |
| |
Rooihartjie |
Erica
ceninthroides |
All
year |
| |
|
Erica
longifolia |
All
year |
| |
snotbel |
Erica
plukenettii |
All
year |
| Green
Heath |
|
Erica
sessiliflora |
April
- Sept (10/8/02) |
| |
|
Erica
tenax |
February |
| |
|
Geissorhiza
ovata |
Jul
- Oct |
| Caledon
Bluebell |
Berg
bluebell |
Gladiolus
bullatus |
Aug
- Oct |
| Painted
lady |
kalkoentjie |
Gladiolus
debilis |
Sept
- Oct |
| |
|
Gladiolus
punctulatus |
June
- Oct |
| April
fool |
veldskoenblaar |
Haemanthus
sanguineus |
Feb
- Mar |
| Blue
disa |
|
Herschelianthe
graminifolia |
February
(13/2/04) |
| platy |
Kraaltolbos |
Leucadendron
platyspermum |
Sept |
| Common
sunshine conebush |
duineknoppiesbos |
Leucadendron
salignum |
Apr-
Nov |
| Sickle-leaf
conebush |
|
Leucadendron
xanthoconus |
Aug |
| pincushion |
speldekussing |
Leucospermum
cordifolium |
Aug
- Jan |
| |
buxifolium |
Leucospermum
truncatulum |
Aug
- Dec |
| |
Blombos |
Metalasia
muricata |
Apr-Sept |
| |
rooiblombossie |
Metalasia
serrata |
July-Dec |
| Common
pagoda |
rooistompie |
Mimetes
cucullatus |
Aug
- Mar |
| |
|
Paranomus
? |
May
- Dec |
| Everlasting |
rooisewejaartjie |
Phaenocoma
prolifera |
Sept
- March |
| Bot
River sugarbush |
compacta |
Protea
compacta |
Apr
- Sept |
| |
|
Protea
cordata |
June
- July |
| Long-leafed
sugarbush |
Swartbaard,
wolkop |
Protea
longifolia |
May
- Sept |
| Common
sugarbush |
suikerbos |
Protea
repens |
All
year but mainly autumn/winter |
| Long-stalked
spiderhead |
|
Serruria
elongata |
July
- Nov |
| Common
pin spiderhead |
Spinnekopbossie |
Serruria
fasciflora |
All
year |
| Watsonia |
|
Watsonia
spp |
Late
October/ early November |
Note 1: These are but a few of the hundreds if not thousands of plant species that grow here on the farm. They have been selected because they are the more obvious or common plants.
Note
2: There
area also a range of alien invader species widespread on the
farm. These are:
| English |
Afrikaans |
Latin |
| Australian
myrtle |
Australiese mirt |
Leptospermum laevigatum |
| Black
wattle |
Swartwattel |
Acasia mearnsii |
| Cluster
pine |
Sparden |
Pinus pinaster |
| Long-leafed
wattle |
Langblaarwattel |
Acasia longifolia |
| Port
Jackson |
Port Jackson |
Acasia saligna |
| Rock
hakea |
Harige hakea |
Hakea gibbosa |
| Silky
hakea |
Syerige hakea |
Hakea sericea |
| Spider
gum |
Spinnerkopbloekom |
Eucalyptus lehmannii |
| Ambernuts |
Salignabloekom |
Eucalyptus grandis |
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