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Sea Figs (Genus Carpobrotus)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
prostrate succulent with large fleshy leaves and extremely bright pink flowers
growing on granitic sand amongst granite boulders right on the beach. common
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Common Hairy Bigstyle (Macrostylis villosa ssp. villosa)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
Low growing woody resprouter,20cm high. Flowers white
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Bright Thatchreed (Thamnochortus lucens)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
tufted restio up to 60cm tall, common
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Bristly Pineapplereed (Hypodiscus aristatus)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
tufted restio to 70cm, common
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Mini Diamondeyes (Staavia radiata)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
fine leaved shrub to 1m high,occasional in overgrown fynbos amongst rocks
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Cape Bogbeans (Genus Villarsia)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
flowering spike to 40cm high. Leaf texture leathery almost succulent.
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Upright Sandy Cinderella Orchid (Eulophia lamellata)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
robust plant with leaves that looks like a sedge plant at the base
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Southern Blue Velvetworm (Peripatopsis balfouri)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
The animal was about 40mm long, 5mm wide and a dusty blue colour with a white head.
Peripatopsis balfouri is thought to be closely related to the cave peripatus, P. alba.
The peripatus was found in the boulder choke in the upper levels of a cave on the back or Western Table. It was about 6m below the surface and in total darkness.
Peripatopsis balfouri has been recorded from Bats Cave and under logs in the valley in front of Wynberg Cave.
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Cave Pinwheel (Trachycystis tollini)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
Small snail with glossy dark brown shell less than 10mm in diameter. Shell carried in horizontal orientation. Found at cave entrances on Table and Kalk Bay Mountain. Cool, damp habitat at cave or within the first few meters of the cave. Also amongst leaf litter and rotting logs in remnant afro-montain forest patches near caves
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Cederberg Cave Katydid (Cedarbergeniana imperfecta)Observer
anthonyhitchcockPlace
They only occur in caves - in the twilight zone. Located them in another set of faults in the Cederberg, as they were originally known only from the Wolkberg caves. Both males and females are wingless. I suspect they feed on lichen and guano. (Google, OSM)Description
See p. 82.3 of Field Guide to Insects of SA.
There are others in the same tribe that live under rocks in the N Cape, on hillslopes.
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Kalkbay Caves Isopod (Protojanira leleupi)Observer
anthonyhitchcockPlace
Table Mountain caves - Cavernicoles: bottom of Wynberg Cave in stream or muddy small pools. Protojaniera leleupi is only recorded from two Kalk Bay caves so this might be a new record (Google, OSM)Description
Unknown Isopod IMG_0396
Cavernicoles. Very small Isopod about 3mm long, semi translucent
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Table Mountain Cave Shrimp (Spelaeogriphus lepidops)Observer
anthonyhitchcockPlace
Cavernicoles: Table Mountain in Vivarium Cave Endemic to Table Mountain Caves in streams in dark zone Picture by Peter Swart (Google, OSM)Description
Cavernicoles: small shrimp like creature
Picture by Peter Swart
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Orange Dewplant (Lampranthus aureus)Observer
anthonyhitchcockPlace
Cape Columbine - growing amongst granite outcrops along the west coast, often in shallow soils in rocky basins (Google, OSM)Description
low growing, succulent with short stubby leaves, flowers bright orange
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Constantia Heath (Erica abietina ssp. constantiana)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
sturdy shrub, with profusion of short, tubular, pink flowers
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Bunch Heath (Erica caterviflora)Observer
anthonyhitchcockPlace
Table Mountain, refugia habitats,cliffs and more often base of cliffs in cool moist fynbos (Google, OSM)Description
large, tree-like Erica species up to 4m tall and bushy. Covered with pink flowers in summer. Plants vary in size according to position. Appears to be happy as a lithophyte growing out of cracks in quartzite cliffs, receives only a short period of direct sun in mid summer. Plants receiving more sun looked stressed
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Bunch Heath (Erica caterviflora)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
large, tree-like Erica species up to 4m tall and bushy. Covered with pink glabrous (non hairy)flowers in summer. Plants vary in size according to position.
Cool,moist, shaded cliffs and base of cliffs at medium high altitude. Appears to be happy as a lithophyte growing out of cracks in quartzite cliffs, receives only a short period of direct sun in mid summer. Plants receiving more sun looked stressed
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Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
mounding cushion of light green herbaceous-like foliage, but growing from a woody stem, flowers profusely, delicate, white four petalled flowers. The foliage probably is burnt back by snow and ice in the winter and resprouts off the stem in summer
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anthonyhitchcockPlace
Cederberg, upper slopes Tafelberg and Shadow Peak, growing amongst rocks or on scree (Google, OSM)Description
trailing perennial shrublet with a tangled arrangement of thin wiry and long branches. Leaves narrow and pointed enveloping the ends of the stems, flowers pale purple.
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Snowball Sugarbush (Protea cryophila)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
flat growing, mat forming Protea with long, leathery leaves enveloping medium-large white flowers
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Coppice Heath (Erica articularis)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
resprouting woody perrennial up to 40cm tall, long twiggy branches covered in small pink flowers
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Clanwilliam Cypress (Widdringtonia wallichii)Observer
anthonyhitchcockPlace
Cederberg Cederberg, growing on rocky outcrops and in amongst broken cliffs where it receives some protection from fire (Google, OSM)Description
Widdringtonia cedarbergensis)
Tree to 15m with thick trunk and branching freely. Leaves aromatic and flattened scale-like on adults and needle-like on juveniles. Adult plants bear both male and female cones on same plant
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Water Sugarbush (Protea punctata)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
sturdy shrub up to 3m, erect strong branches, bark grey, leaves blue-green and oval, flower heads cream to pale pink
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Mossel Bay Pincushion (Leucospermum praecox)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
strong growing rounded shrub growing up to 3m tall and about 4m across, flower heads orange and arranged in clusters of 3 or 4. Leaves obovate with glandular teeth
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Fire Heath (Erica cerinthoides)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
erect heath with sturdy, thin, erect woody stems arising from underground, leaves small hairy, flowers, tubular, slightly inflated, red and hairy
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Club Spider Orchid (Bartholina etheliae)Observer
anthonyhitchcockPlace
Albertinia flats Canca Limestone ridge between Albertinia and coast, on seasonally moist slopes on tertiary limestones (Google, OSM)Description
small ground orchid with a single oval green leaf arranged flat on the ground, a thin stem about 8cm tall with a single flower with green sepals and a much divided lip
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Whorl Heath (Erica verticillata)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
strong growing, erect heath growing up to 1.5m tall. Flowers, tubular, light to dark pink, arranged in whorls at or near the end of stems
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Sticky Red-And-Green Heath (Erica densifolia)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
sturdy well branched shrub to 1m, densely packed leaves along woody stems. Flowers tubular, sticky and very attractive consisting of pink tubes ending in cream or white tips tinged with green and arranged in dense flower heads at the ends of branches
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Bractless Deckreed (Elegia ebracteata)Observer
anthonyhitchcockPlace
5, Duignam Rd, Cape Peninsula, Table Mountain Park, Silvermine, on mountain plateau in sandy soils (Google, OSM)Description
small restio (Cape Reeds) up to 50cm tall, erect culms, flower heads small nodular, aggregated at ends of culms
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Tree Pagoda-Bush (Mimetes fimbriifolius)Observer
anthonyhitchcockDescription
beautiful, densely branched, rounded tree to about 4m tall and 6m diameter. Thick trunk and branches with brown corky bark, leaves oblong and toothed at apex. Flowers are clustered into headlets each with a reddish-yellow hairy leaflet which gives the plant its colour when in flower. Flower headlets grouped at the ends of branches.
