Didelta spinosa of Northern Cape. One of the two species in this small genus. Apparently, the new leaves in spring are used as wild vegetables in South Africa.
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Phaenocoma prolifera, a beautiful Fynbos shrub from the family of Asteraceae.
Maritzwater, Pietssnot (Grielum humifusum), an annual herb from a very small family Neuradaceae, West Coast National Park South Africa.
Lapeirousia silenoides, 鸢尾科长管鸢尾属, Namaqualand.
Desert rose (Hermannia stricta), Northern Cape South Africa.
Bulbinella sp., Northern Cape South Africa.
Pelargonium triste in its habitat. The carrot-like foliage is much more interesting than the flower in my view.
I love how Haworthia arachnoidea grows among lichens with other succulents in Worcester Western Cape.
(I am not very sure, this could be Haworthia herbacea)
Another evil-looking plant from South Africa: Calvinia wartfig (Aloinopsis luckhoffii).
This is the first twining plant I have seen in the family of Campanulaceae, Cyphia digitata in Western Cape of South Africa.
Argostemma spp. are very eye-catching small plants in Sumatra’s high-altitude montane cloud forests. They are either epiphytic or terrestrial and obviously love the conditions of being heavily shaded with permanent high humidity and cool temperatures.
