Flower of the month (March 2012) – Protea subvestita Common name: Lipflower protea / Sugarbush Qhoza, Zulu: Isiqalaba Borrowed Qhoza name by Basotho: Seqalaba se sesoeu…
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Description Asteraceae – Daisy family Felicia drakensbergensis is a domed shaped and grey leaved shrub. It grows to a height of 0.1-0.3meters, same behaviour with any other high altitude shrub species. Blue flowers about…
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Introduction: Some of these small but lovely flowers are very clever as they only show themselves in a very dry grassland habitat or sometimes immediately after grassland burning they become the first conspicuous flowers…
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Aloe polyphylla is a national flower of Lesotho, apart from the most beautiful aloe it is a lovely garden plant especially on rock gardens. Very characteristic is the unique spiral arrangement of the…
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Kherere (Sotho); Inguduza (Zulu); Blouslangkop (Afrikaans); Blue-squill / Blue Scilla of Africa (English) Description: Hyacinthaceae – family Scilla natalensis is a graceful perennial bulb. The leaves are broad and sharply tapering, narrowing at…
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Introduction: The UN has declared 2010 as an international year of Biodiversity. It is also the year that we celebrate the achievements in plant conservation. As such Maliba Mountain Lodge also strives to promote…
