Information Library
Our collection of documents and journal articles about South African plants and related topics.
Veld & Flora
Veld & Flora is the journal of SANBI's partner, the Botanical Society of South Africa. The society has kindly given its permssion for the reproduction of selected articles from Veld&Flora to be displayed on this site. Copyright resides with the Botanical Society and anyone wishing to reproduce material from these journals is requested to contact them.
Veld & Flora
by Cupido Christopher N., Conrad Ferozah
Notes on four South African Lobeliaceae species including the ever-popular garden lobelia and the near-extinct wimmerellas.
by Rourke John
The botanical art of Louise Guthrie, whose main body of work includes some 264 illustrations of South African Proteaceae.
by Craib Charles
Ornithogalum bulbs have a great deal of horticultural potential as pot plants and miniature rockery subjects.
by Gess Robert
A study suggests that long-proboscid fly pollination could be a third pollination strategy for Tylecodon, the other two known strategies being long-billed bird (sunbird) pollination and long-tongued pollen wasp pollination.
by Campbell-Young Gael J., Balkwill Kevin
A second dolomite endemic legume species discovered in the Northern Province.
by Morrow Carl
Information on ten species of indigenous trees for bonsai in the form of a table, and a discussion on how to set about establishing a bonsai collection.
by Maneveldt Gavin W., Frans René
An article that is part of a series on common intertidal seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula focuses on encrusting coralline algae.
by Hesse Gretchen
A gardener discusses some of the crinum species that have thrived in her garden over time.