A small patch of little wild flowers I encountered on the Sardinia Bay Golf Course the other day. Crawling around on the grass and in the flowers didn't do my hay fever allergies any good, but anything for the picture.
Last year at about this time I did a post on my air plant flowers. In the post I mentioned that the ones flowering were plants I received from my mom and that I had some air plants which haven't flowered before. Well, its air plant flowering time again. All the "new" ones had their beautiful bright pink flowers again (see here), while the "old" ones had no flowers... or thats what I thought. I was working in the garden…
A little while ago I did a post on the Natal Creeping Fig with its purple flowers. In that post I mentioned that it is related to the Sour Fig (Carpobrotus edulis). I found a Sour Fig the other day and took some photos of it to show you what it looks like as well.
Erica flowers are also commonly known as Heather or Heath.Bursting forth in splendor, the Erica with its upright plumes of brilliant blossoms can be described as simply elegant. The colorful blossoms vary in size and shape (depending on the variety) from tiny to several inches in length but all the blossoms are exquisite in shape and detail. Ericas are native to South Africa with many species originating in the Southern Cape .
I'm still searching for nice wild flowers to photograph for the wild flower photo competition so at Sleepy Hollow last weekend I was attracted to any and all flowers I could find. The light wasn't too great for flowers in general, but I did find lots of little bugs and goggas on the flowers worth taking pics of.
On a walk through Cape Recife Nature Reserve the other day I found this clump of Everlasting flowers next to the road (I'm not 100% sure if they are Everlasting flowers, but if anybody can tell me otherwise, I promise, I will change the title of the post). I noticed lots of beetles on the flowers and on closer inspection found these. It looks like they may be after the nectar in the flowers. They had what looked like fine…
The forest lily grows up to half a meter high with leaves up to 45 x 7 centimetres. It flowers in July to September before turning into inflated capsules containing the fruit. They are normally found in coastal bush in the south east of South Africa and grow in light shade. This one lives in a pot next to my pool.
This time of year the Coral Trees are in full bloom and looks awesome with their orange flowers. This pic was taken with a slight back lighting on the flowers which leaves the branches in shadow but the flowers bright and colourful..For more super sky shots, visiting Skywatch Friday by clicking here.
We spent most of Sunday in various parts of Settlers Park enjoying this magnificent natural area right here in the heart of Port Elizabeth. Over the next couple of posts I will show off some of the picture I took in the park.Yesterday I found out that there is a local photographic competition with wild flowers as the theme and I would like to enter a couple of photos into the competition. I want to head back to Settlers Park…
While waiting for Chaos Boy at trampolining the other evening (or actually late afternoon), I strolled around the church gardens to see if there were any flowers in bloom (what with it being spring and all). The light of the setting sun on the proteas were just perfect and I couldn't resist getting the camera out for a couple of shots. Both of these are about to blossom into full bloom, but isn't quite there yet. King ProteaPin cussion protea