Re: Plant Identification
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:28 am
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Klippies!Re: Plant Identification
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 6:03 pm
Small forb, Nelspruit hillside:
Re: Plant Identification
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:46 pm
Eyelash Flower Blepharis subvolubilis
Blepharis = blepharon (Greek), eyelid, alluding to the bracts
Blepharis = blepharon (Greek), eyelid, alluding to the bracts
Re: Plant Identification
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:51 pm
Nice looking flower 
Re: Plant Identification
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:35 am
Klippies!Re: Plant Identification
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:04 pm
Small forb, Nelspruit hillside December!
Re: Plant Identification
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:13 pm
Bright Indigo Indigofera sanguinea
South African endemic: Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
Indigofera flowers have evolved a fascinating, explosive pollen-presentation mechanism. In the newly opened flower the stamen tube is held under tension between the keel petals by projections on their upper edges. The pressure exerted by a visiting bee dislodges these projections, releasing the stamen tube and style, which spring up, forcefully striking the underside of the visitor. Once 'exploded', the spent flower hangs limply open.
Can you see the hanging exploded ones underneath?
South African endemic: Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
Indigofera flowers have evolved a fascinating, explosive pollen-presentation mechanism. In the newly opened flower the stamen tube is held under tension between the keel petals by projections on their upper edges. The pressure exerted by a visiting bee dislodges these projections, releasing the stamen tube and style, which spring up, forcefully striking the underside of the visitor. Once 'exploded', the spent flower hangs limply open.
Can you see the hanging exploded ones underneath?
Re: Plant Identification
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 10:28 am
Maybe!
Klippies!