Big boost for fynbos protection!

Wonderful news: the WWF just announced that the size of the original Cape Floristic Region Protected Areas (CFRPA) World Heritage Site has been doubled! Read all about it here: http://www.wwf.org.za/media_room/news/?14481/MajorConservationWinForCapeFloralKingdom Then get thee to Cape Town and go for a walk in the flowers.

scadoxus multiflorus does a dance..

I’m busy editing my mansucript (yes, still!) and got to the part where Maddy gives a talk at the terreiro and tells about the blood lily, or scadoxus muliflorus, which (according to my research at Kirstenbosch last year) Zulu warriors traditionally used before battle to make them more potent … I flipped online for a […]