We're planning our February trip to South Africa, and have now got home the field guides for Eastern Cape and the Garden route. One of the nicest pages in the Outeniqua/garden route guide is for the Cyrthantus elatus, it shows a rare hanging variety. But it also mentions in the introduction that the Cyrthantus purpurea (which seems to be the same plant in the erect variety, but an older name) is quite common in the Langkloof. We're pretty confused! Should we make a detour into the Langkloof to look for it, or would that be a waste of time, as it's virtually extinct in the wild, in any form? Best regards Neil Crawford