Middelpunt Wild Flowers

Much of our land comprises veld in a pristine condition. grazed only by cattle and indigenous buck, plus large areas of both permanent and seasonal wetland.

Middelpunt in the summer is thus a wildflower hotspot, especially for the orchid family. The photos below probably only represent a fraction of the species present on Middelpunt, and we would welcome photos to add to the collection.

Our thanks go to Frans Krige, the local provincial conservation officer who is an orchid expert and identified most of these wildflowers.

Middelpunt Wild Flowers

Agapanthus inapertus

Aloe chortoliroides

Aloe chortoliroides

Aloe verecunda

Androcybium melanthoides (Little men in a boat)

Androcybium melanthoides (Little men in a boat)

Babiana hypogea

Bidens formosa

Bidens formosa (Cosmos) alien

Brunsvigia natalensis

Brunsvigia radulosa (Candelabra lily).

Crassula vaginata

Cyanotis speciosa

Dianthus mooiensis (pink) and G.woodii

Disa rhodantha (orchid) Dec -Feb

Disa versicolor (orchid) Dec-Feb

Disa versicolor 2 (orchid)

Disa woodii (orchid) Sept-Nov

Disa woodii 2 (orchid)

Disperis cooperi (orchid) Jan-Feb

Disperis cooperi 2(orchid)

Disperis tysonii (orchid) Jan-Feb

middelpunt wildfloers

Eriosema simulans

Eucomis autumnalis (Wild pineapple)

Gladiolus crassifolius

Gladiolus crassifolius

Gladiolus woodii

Habenaria clavata (orchid) Dec-Feb

Habenaria clavata 2(orchid)

Helichrysum nudifolium(Hottentots tea)

Helichrysum pilosellum

Helichrysum spp. (not open).

Hibiscus trionum (weed)

Ipomoea bolusiana

Ipomoea ommeneyl (Rendle)

Leonotis leonurus.

Lobelia decipens

Lobelia flaccida

Nolletia rarifolia

Nymphoides thunbergiana

Orthochilus foliosus (orchid) Nov-Jan

Orthochilus foliosus 2(orchid).

Orthochilus vinosus (orchid) and crab spider.

Orthochilus vinosus (orchid) and crab spider.

Oxalis obiquifolia (Sorrel).

Pantanisia angustifolia

Pelagonium luridum

Satyrium hallackii (orchid) Nov-March

Satyrium hollockii subsp ocellatum (orchid).

Satyrium longicauda (orchid) Dec-Jan

Satyrium longicauda 2(orchid)

Satyrium trinerve (orchid) Oct-Feb

Schizochilus zeyheri (orchid) Dec-Feb.

Schizochilus zeyheri 2 (orchid)

Scilla Nervosa (Wild squill)

Scilla Nervosa (Wild squill)

Tapianthus rubromarginatus

Wahlenbergia caledonica

Wahlenbergia cuspidata

Wahlenbergia krebsii

Watsonia densiflora

Zantedeschia aethiopica (white arum) tffc

Zantedeschia elliottiana

Zantedescia rehmania

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