December 11, 2023

PLANT OF THE MONTH By Geoff Nichols Bachmannia woodii; Four-finger Bush, Viervingerbos (Afrikaans); umPhunzisa, umTswantswantsa (Xhosa) This plant was in the family Capparaceae (Capers) but has now been changed to the family Brassicaceae (Cabbages). It is a multi-stemmed, understorey shrub, unique to the coastal and mist belt forests of the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique […]

PLANT OF THE MONTH By Geoff Nichols Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. Katharinae. Swamp Forest Snake Lily; Blood Flower; Bloedblom (Afrikaans): idunjana(Zulul A coastal species, occurring mainly in swamp forests along the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal coasts, this is arguably the showiest of our local snake lilies. When this snake lily was discovered in about 1877, it