Indigfera frutescens

Indigofera frutescens - seeds, as soon as the winter afternoon sun falls on these seeds they snap open  - with everyone wondering what that noise is!!

Indigofera frutescens

Green veined Emperor, drinking sap from Indigofera frutescens

2 new flowering plants - so special !!

First time Ruttya fruiticosa has flowered - gift from Pam at Driefontein nusery.

Jammy Mouth has been in my garden for about 2 years, eventually decided to flower - they larger flowers than expected about 4cm in length and 1cm wide. They gorgeous.

.... and then I spot after being in my garden for about 3 years of no flowering  - Metarungia  longistrobus,  well this is what I bought it as - checked my books didn't correlate -  Googled and  I have Metarungia pubinervia,  Red Sundird Bush similar to Haleria lucida with  flowers shooting off the stem of the plant - such a surprise, all under cover outside my office - must be the crystal influence. Follow this link by Geoff Nichols for more about this beautiful Red Sunbird bush http://www.birdinfo.co.za/botanical/nectar/26_red_sunbird_bush.htm

These flowers are tooo beautiful - they shoot off the stem of the plant in this deep oxygenated blood red. No wonder they are missed by all, the flowers are not seen unless you move the branches and look beneath.

Autumn flowers this morning - all the Chakra colours

Was not aware of taking pics of all chakra colours - even have Soul Star -  but when editing noticed there was one of each - amazing - looks like spring!! All same morning in my Living garden

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Unusual tree trunks

Commiphera harveyi - Red stem Corkwood, these fine sheets are used
in traditional medicine to heal septic wounds.

 Eretia rigida Puzzle Bush/ Deurmekaarbos - Stems
 are used to make fishing baskets

Ficus natalensis - Natal Fig

Not sure who lives there - must be some happy soul

Buddha and Mantis

Early morning prayers for Mantis

My Garden is Mushrooming!!!

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Erythrina humeana - dwarf coral tree. Nothing remains undersized
 in my garden - this one must be about 4m tall

The lovely part about Erythrina humeana is that it flowers in the
 summer unlike the larger species flowering in winter.
So if you have both you have beautiful sun burnt flowers through out a large portion of the year.

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Flowering stages of  Barleria albostellata

Hawk moth and Plectranthus heteroensis

13 cm long and 1.5cm thick
Probably larva of one of the hawk moths, demolished a whole bush of Plectranthus hereroensis!
And then I lost him, hopefully to see him flying around soon