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Admiralty Way, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth Dense patch of parasitic galls on seed pods of Acacia longifolia. The whole tree was as heavily infected. [NOTE: This looks more like a fungal infection on Acacia saligna (M Timm Hoffman 8 Sep 2006)].
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Admiralty Way, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth Hermannia althaeifolia with more than 60 flowers on a single plant.
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Aerial view of Bathurst suurveld Aerial view of Bathurst suurveld, the old Zuure Veldt, looking north to Kap River Hills with the dome of Round Hill centrally.
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Alexandria district, 70 km NNE Port Elizabeth A stretch of sandy mounds typical of the sandflats (Zand vlakte, now Paterson) area, 2 km north of Paterson village. Others reach both west and east of those depicted for a kilometre or two each way, They lie below the foothills of the Suurberge.
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Alicedale Poort on the Bushman's River Spekboom Portulacaria afra up the slope. The full bushy slope of both banks were in flower.
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Aloe Trail, Tipper's Creek Sanctuary, Bluewater Bay, Port Elizabeth Aloe pluridens at its best.
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Aloe Trail, Tipper's Creek Sanctuary, Bluewater Bay, Port Elizabeth Aloe pluridens at its best with spray of Senecio Canary-creeper at left.
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Along open roadside at Perseverence Factory Site near Redhouse, Port Elizabeth Good showing of Chrysocoma probably tenuifolia despite severe drought prevailing. Other patches nearby. Grootwinterhoek Mts. in background.
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Along Redhouse-Uitenhage Road Massed flowering of Cotyledon orbiculata on veld likely to be destroyed by factory development. In the 1993 flowering year most of the veld between Redhouse and Perseverence was covered in such massed Cotyledon - a wonderful sight. The 1994 season was good but not up to the 1993 year.
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Along roadside near The Willows, Marine Drive, 8 km SW of Port Elizabeth. Near site of 'Western Knight' wreck Pink Senecio grandiflorus.
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Along verge of Starndfontein Road, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth A fine patch of Drosanthemum vygie in full flower below a flowering Acacia longifolia tree backed by many other Acacias, with left at the edge of the picture a flowering Zygophyllum uitenhagensis. After good spring rains but growing in pure dune sand. All likely to be destroyed by future urban development.
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Along verge of Strandfontein Road, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth An exceptionally fine Chrysanthemoides monilifera (bitou) plant with, in front, a full-flowering Drosanthemum vygie, both growing in pure seasand. Backed by Australian wattles. After good spring rains, all likely to be destroyed by future development.
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Amanzi Estate, 5 km East Uitenhage Pelargonium reniforme growing in a good cluster. Usually so.
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Amanzi Estate, 5 km East Uitenhage Tritonia in good cluster.
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Amanzi Farm, 8 km east of Uitenhage Aloe ferox in full flower. Typical veld with an abundance of aloes.
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Amanzi Farm, 8 km east of Uitenhage Mixed aloe species in good number on dry veld. Aloe ferox in flower with probably Aloe africana among them.
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Amanzi farm, Uitenhage The only outcrop of rock known in what was once dense Valley Bushveld. Well stocked with succulent plants including Crassula perfoliata. Note Spekboom bush in right background.
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Amanzi Farm, Uitenhage The only outcrop of rock known in what was once dense Valley Bushveld. Well stocked with succulent plants including Crassula perfoliata.
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Amanzi Farm, Uitenhage Massed Prickly-pear, Opuntia sp. Along right bank of Coega River. River in trees in middle-distance. Photo taken from a lone rocky outcrop.
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Amanzi, Uitenhage Looking from spring area across bushveld to top of hill with trig. beacon giving some idea of spring's position near hilltop. 2 Km from Coega River below. Hill is 189 m above sea level (asl).
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Amanzi, Uitenhage Elaborate electric pumping arrangement drawing water from deeply-dug spring near top of hill. Spring emerged naturally just to left of photo. As pumping increased so the water table dropped forcing pumping.
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Amanzi, Uitenhage Excavated sit of spring which flowered originally from site under the tall bushes at right. Dry at time of photograph, water pumped electrically. The bracken-filled hollow shows man's excavations as the water slowly dropped when drawn for irrigation.
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Amanzi, Uitenhage Man's excavations immediately below (4.5 - 6m) sorping (sic) natural emergence, showing great depth of man's excavations to allow to gravitate before pumping installed.
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Amanzi, Uitenhage Crassula perfoliata on lone rocky outcrop. Others elsewhere at same site. The green plant is Portulacaria afra.
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Approach to Springs Reserve, 8 km northeast of Uitenhage Fine spread of flowering Cuspidea cernua in an old ploughed land gone back to grass.