Houw Hoek Pass

This morning Renee and I went to look for Orchids in the recently burnt portion of Houw Hoek pass.  There were masses of the spectacular Satyrium coriifolium as well as left over S. odorum and the ubiquitous Disa bracteata, but we did not see any others.  The area is covered in occasional massed Watsonias and fields of Wachendorfia paniculata.  We also found an area covered with hundreds of Moraeas, so we were not disappointed.  The area needs to be investigated by a proper team and will, I am sure, yield many more species.

Satyrium coriifolium

Satyrium coriifolium

Satyrium odorum

Massed Watsonia

Watsonia borbonica

Watsonia sp.

Watsonia sp.

Watsonia sp.

Moraea angusta

Moraea angusta

Moraea lurida

Moraea lurida

Wahlenbergia capensis

Cullumia squarrosa

Lebostemum sp.

Lobostemum fructicosis

Tritoniopsis parviflora

Hebenstretia repens

Geissorhiza schinzii

Heliophyla sp.

Ornithagolum thyrsoides

Pelargonium sp.

Trachyandra hirsutiflora

Wachendorfia paniculata

Zygophyllum sessilifolium

Trifolium angustifolium