Eastern Cape Trip
Mary Sue Ittner (Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:27:21 PST)

Morgan Bay is a lovely resort area on the coast in the Eastern
Cape. After breakfast we explored the mouth of the Kei River with a
guide. This was referred to as our jungle hike as the way was a bit
tricky and there was a dense understory of plants. There was one
stretch best maneuvered on the seat of your pants. Although we saw a
number of plants of interest to this group, most of them were not in
bloom and a lot of the photo opportunities were in dark shady areas.
But here are a few:
Clivia miniata habitat
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… >
Scadoxus membranaceus leaves
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>
Hypoxis angustifolia
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>

Then Cameron took us to a place so close to the ocean you could see
it where we saw Gloriosa superba. There was a lot of variation in the
color of the flowers we saw with some really beautiful specimens.
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>

Cameron also saw a very pretty Aristea schizolaena.
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>

The favorite plant of the day however was another beautiful Disa,
Disa polygonoides. Unfortunately by the time we got there in the
afternoon it was raining and we have some funny photos of people
holding umbrellas over the photographers. Those photos didn't turn
out so well so Bob and I got up early and walked to the spot the next morning.
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>

We saw a lot of lovely things that morning before breakfast. Here are
two geophytes. The first is another nicely hairy Hypoxis that I have
no clue about the species. It doesn't quite seem to fit the others
I've added to the wiki, but could be one of them.
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>

Finally we saw Gladiolus ochroleucus
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>

I have one more day to report on before I go back to the middle of
our trip and tackle some wiki pages for Naude's Nek where we spent
two days seeing a lot of amazing plants.

Mary Sue