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Fynbos
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 11:20 am
by Peter Betts
I am blessed to live along theCape Coast where the Fynbos exists ..Many Aloes and Proteas are in Bloom at the moment as is the Heather. Yesterday I went with the PE Camera Club to Van Stadens Wild Flower Reserve to witness this splendour ..This is the King Protea
Re: Fynbos
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 11:57 am
by Klipspringer
great photo
Have you seen and
![[O]](./images/smilies/camera.gif "Photo")
maybe some beetles?
Re: Fynbos
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 2:08 pm
by Lisbeth
My mother used to have one of those brought back from SA to Switzerland. It was probably a dried one, but I don't know where it has ended up. Most likely became dust and thrown away
Lovely
Re: Fynbos
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 3:33 pm
by Alf
Very nice
Re: Fynbos
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:28 pm
by Richprins
Very good, Peter!
You must put up some homework about fynbos!
Re: Fynbos
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 1:24 pm
by Dzombo
Peter, Very nice.
Another group of plants that I have tried growing here without much success
A few years ago, I bought about 10 Proteas (including cynaroides ) from a specialist nursery. About 60cm seedlings
Had them outdoors most of the year, and brought them into the greenhouse over the worst of the winter.
They did well for a few years, and then needed reoptting. I used a special acid based soil as advised by the nursery, but over the next 2 years or so I lost them all. Well I think I have one left that is sort of lingering
Re: Fynbos
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 2:16 pm
by Lisbeth
It's a difficult task with plants from another ecosystem
Re: Fynbos
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 6:21 pm
by Richprins
They should be quite resilient to cold weather?
Re: Fynbos
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 6:26 pm
by Lisbeth
"Cold" is subjective
Re: Fynbos
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:43 pm
by Klipspringer
They might need some fires
