14 May 2004 Trip to South Africa
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14 May 2004 Trip to South Africa
We got up in the dark and drove to Steytlerville where we saw Haworthia decipiens and Astroloba foliolosa south of town.
Then it was into town for cash, food and gas, then off to the Langsfeld farm. Here we saw a pet meercat playing with the house cat. Then with the farmer we saw Euphorbia esculenta, our first Lithops localis, and finally Haworthia bruynsii! We also saw here a few of the rare, two or three leaved Adromischus bicolor, plus more Pachypodium bispinosum.
Adromischus
bruynsii Euphorbia
Lithops
critters
Eriospermum
Down the road we saw our first Vervet Monkey; Cercopithecus aethiops. And a stinebok, a small “buck”. Then we were off to Springbokvlakte farm, the Type locality of Haworthia springbokvlakensis. We also saw the dwarf form of Euphorbia stellata and more Lithops localis but in bloom this time. On the same hill under the bushes was Haworthia decipiens.
Monkey
Euphorbia Sarcocaulon
decipiens
Lithops
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spring
Euphorbia
Other
Then we stopped at Lken Parl and saw Aloe striata, Euphorbia horrida and Euphorbia coerulescens and Encephalordos lemonii, our first and only cycad of the trip.
Later as we drove through Paardepoort we saw the arboreal Euphorbia tetragona. Just beyond the poort, and after a long search in the darkest spots of the thorn bushes we found Haworthia sordida. Here we also saw our only Sansevieria species of the trip
We next went back to a Cockscomb View Farm for more Haworthia springbokvlakensis and Euphorbia albipolinifera, where we were graciously accompanied by the farmer's wife, who refused to be photographed, even with a lovely Iris.
We then drove in the dark into Uitenhage and spent the night there in a very nice B&B.
