Various plants & flowers from Cape Town, South Africa #1 (1 Viewer)

[Deb335077]

Please help id these all taken at the Botanical Gardens in Cape Town in September

Thank you

 

[aeshna5]

2 Melianthus major
3 would have been useful to show some leaves as many of these daisy types in S .Africa
4 one of the Aizoaceae. Need to se the whole plant, not just flowers, as many similar plants.
5 Watsonia borbonica

 

[THE_FERN]

1 Leucadendron, perhaps L. salignum
4 Mesembryanthemum, perhaps M. cooperi

 

[Deb335077]

2 Melianthus major
3 would have been useful to show some leaves as many of these daisy types in S .Africa
4 one of the Aizoaceae. Need to se the whole plant, not just flowers, as many similar plants.
5 Watsonia borbonica

This is as much as I have of the leaves, hope this helps

 

[aeshna5]

The pink flowers do look like Lampranthus sp.

 

[THE_FERN]

The pink flowers do look like Lampranthus sp.

Compare:
Group Of Pink Magenta Flowers Of Delosperma Cooperi Or Mesembryanthemum Cooperi, Commonky Known As Trailing Or Hardy Ice Plant, Or Stock Photo - Image of autumn, blossom: 186670874

 

[aeshna5]

Compare:
Group Of Pink Magenta Flowers Of Delosperma Cooperi Or Mesembryanthemum Cooperi, Commonky Known As Trailing Or Hardy Ice Plant, Or Stock Photo - Image of autumn, blossom: 186670874

The leaves look a bit different to me, but possibly?

 

[THE_FERN]

The leaves look a bit different to me, but possibly?

I agree they're similar and I struggle a bit from these photos. I thought the flowers slightly more similar for the mesem...

...Actually I'm sure the op could contact kirstenbosch (sanbi) and find out exactly what the plants are.

(I think SA desperately needs an accessible online plant encyclopaedia. Perhaps it exists but I couldn't find it with 5 mins googling prior to my recent trip. I mean who on earth goes there [just] for the depauperate avifauna? ...bit like the canaries)