The Bokkeveld Plateau is an area in the northwest Cape that includes Cape fynbos, mountain renosterveld and succulent karoo vegetation types. Plants photographed in this area from S-Z, Satyrium species through Zantedeschia species are pictured below. More information about each species can be found on the appropriate genus page.
Satyrium erectum is a widespread species found on dry sandstone, and clay flats from Namaqualand to the southwestern Eastern Cape. Photos taken by Bob Rutemoeller and Mary Sue Ittner between Nieuwoudtville and Vanrhynsdorp.
Sparaxis elegans seen blooming near Nieuwoudtville September 2006. The pictures below were taken by Bob Rutemoeller and Mary Sue Ittner. They show a number of them blooming next to the road with close-ups showing a pollinator and the detail of the flowers. The next to the last picture shows a plant with different coloring in the same population and the last shows a group mixed with Geissorhiza splendidissima blooming at the same time.
The first picture of a rare white form was taken by Ragnhild Crawford near Papkuilsfontein in September 2006. The second photo was taken by Andrew Harvie in the Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve. The last two photos were taken by Cameron McMaster at the Biekoes Farm near Nieuwoudtville September 2011.
Sparaxis tricolor seen flowering in Nieuwoudtville September 2006. Photos 1-3 taken by Mary Sue Ittner and Bob Rutemoeller including a close-up with a beetle pollinator and the last shown with Lapeirousia jacquinii. Photo 4 was taken by Cameron McMaster at the Biekoes Farm near Nieuwoudtville September 2011.
Spiloxene aquatica is now Pauridia aquatica.
Spiloxene ovata plants from this area are now Pauridia gracilipes.
Spiloxene serrata is now Pauridia serrata.
Veltheimia capensis is found on rocky slopes from Namaqualand to the southwestern and southern Cape into the Little Karoo. Photo taken by Bob Rutemoeller September 2006 of it in fruit and again in September 2011 by Cameron McMaster in the Nieuwoudtville Reserve.
Wachendorfia multiflora Photos taken south of Nieuwoudtville by Andrew Harvie.
Wachendorfia paniculata Photos taken by Andrew Harvie near Nieuwoudtville
Wurmbea stricta, syn. Onixotis stricta, syn. Onixotis triquetra, syn. Dipidax triquetra, is found growing in marshes and pools in the northwest and southwest Cape. Photos below were taken by Cameron McMaster September 2011 near Nieuwoudtville.
Xenoscapa fistulosa Photo of the flowers taken in habitat taken in the Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve and the leaves at Van Ryns Pass in the Northern Cape by Andrew Harvie.
Zantedeschia odorata is endemic to this area and grows in damp places in dolerite outcrops. Photo taken September 2011 near Nieuwoudtville by Cameron McMaster.
Bokkeveld Plateau A-Ba - Bokkeveld Plateau Bo-C - Bokkeveld Plateau E-H - Bokkeveld Plateau I-Me - Bokkeveld Plateau Mo-R - Bokkeveld Plateau main page and index of plants