Africa Wild

Stunning sadle billed stork shots, BluTuna,

however, my favourites are the impala ones especially the new arrivals - Gorgeous

Never seen baobab flowering!

I order you to put that pic up under the Timbavati thread!

Close-up of a flower please a rare sight and lasts for only one day usually

Aren't there male and female trees?

Look here:
viewtopic.php?f=248&t=3761&p=171670&hil ... ia#p171670

They are bisexual and you can see the stames (male parts which produce pollen grains, each containing a microscopic male gametophyte.) and the ovary (female part which holds the ovules which when fertilized become a seed) with straight style above and stigma; the stigma is the receptive tip where the pollen lands and germinates to grow down through the style to the ovary.

As you may have noticed, I've been inactive for a few weeks. It's been a traumatic start to 2015 for me and my family but it's time to stop moping around and to get back to posting my various travel tales.

Thanks for all the comments, instead of answering them, I'm going to get on with this topic.

Here's a closeup of a Baobab flower, taken when the Timbavati tree was in bloom in November 2012.

Day 7 Thursday 15 November : Balule - continued.

After breakfast we headed back to Balule via the S90 but we still saw very little.




The afternoon drive was a complete bust as far as photography was concerned but the evening revealed some interesting creepies.

Baboon Spider.



Another spider that I haven't ID'd yet but might be a Hairy Field Spider.


Here it is RP, you have mentioned previously that you are particularly fond of this lovely creature.

I've been wanting to see one of these ever since I started the bug photography.

A Whip Scorpion! My UV torch didn't make this fluoresce so it's not really a scorpion.



Then there was a large beetle.


And another Tree Creeping Scorpion.

BluTuna,
Thanks for posting these great pictures of smaller "things"

and whatever happened Elly and I wish you and family better times !!

Who could immagine, that the Baobab hs such a beautiful flower

I am sure that you have made the happiness of quite a few greenies posting spiders and scorpions and almost scorpions I like them....or at least I like to look at them

aat wrote:BluTuna,
Thanks for posting these great pictures of smaller "things"

and whatever happened Elly and I wish you and family better times !!

Thanks guys! Much appreciated!