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Cotyledon tanquana

Plant
Common names: Tanqua cotyledon (Eng.); tankwaplakkie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... of the inflorescence of Cotyledon tanquana taken in the Botanical Society Conservatory at Kirstenbosch in 2017. Cotyledon ... The Tanqua cotyledon has been grown with success in the Botanical Society Conservatory at Kirstenbosch since its ...

17/08/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ficus ilicina

Plant
Common names: laurel fig, natarra fig (Eng.); louriervy, natarravy (Afr.); natarra (Nama)
Family: Moraceae

... the family with about 850 species (Christenhusz 2017). The botanical name Ficus is probably derived from the Hebrew ... fig (both from Namibia and Namaqualand) can be seen in the Botanical Society Conservatory as well as in the Matthews Rockery, in ...

03/12/2018 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ledebouria loedolffiae

Plant
Common names: spotted cliff African hyacinth, spotted cliff squill (Eng.), kransbontblaar (Afr.)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... grown in the succulent nursery, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Hyacinthaceae Ledebouria loedolffiae can ... was named by Fanie Venter and the author in 2017 in the botanical journal Avonia, from plants collected north-east of ... (BAASA). Jeanette Loedolff has been awarded the Botanical Society’s prestigious Cythna Letty Medal in 2014 for her ...

01/01/2024 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Huernia procumbens

Plant
Common names: Limpopo snake plant (Eng.); Limpopo aasblom (Afr.)
Family: Apocynaceae

... growing in the Welwitschia House, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Flowers ascending, opening successively; ... growing in the Welwitschia House in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Plants grow in full sun or dappled shade. ... be seen in the Welwitschia Corner Unit of the Botanical Society Conservatory at Kirstenbosch (, and in the Succulent ...

01/05/2023 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Caputia tomentosa

Plant
Common names: woolly caputia, tinderbush (Eng.); tontelbossie, tontelbos, tonteldoos (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... tomentosa , growing in a container at Kistenbosch National Botanical Garden. The inflorescence is a solitary, terminal, ... (Nov. to Mar.) Fig. 3. Caputia tomentosa in flower in the Botanical Society Conservatory at Kistenbosch National Botanical ...

13/04/2023 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Turnera oculata var. oculata

Plant
Common names: Namib Turnera
Family: Turneraceae

... and other parts of the plant. In cultivation at the Botanical Society conservatory the invasive Argentinean ants rapidly ... or third year of planting. Plants are cultivated in the Botanical Society conservatory at Kirstenbosch National ...

14/12/2009 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe castanea

Plant
Common names: cat's tail aloe (Eng.), katstertaalwyn (Afr.), borolo, suwopa, sekgopha (Northern Sotho)
Family: Asphodelaceae

02/03/2020 | | Pretoria NBG

Aloe varimaculata

Plant
Common names: Humpata aloe (Eng.); Humpata-aalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Brian Huntley, former executive director of the National Botanical Institute, presently the South African National ... on one of his earlier visits to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Aloe varimaculata was also found later on ...

28/08/2017 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Erica oblongiflora

Plant
Common names: Agulhas green heath, sticky green heath (Eng.) groentaaiheide (Afr.)
Family: Ericaceae

22/07/2024 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

An indigenous garden in Khayelitsha

Information Library item
Author: Wright Landy   |   Date: 2001
Source: Veld & Flora 87(4)1871   |   Copyright: Botanical Society

... Bezekhaya, a food gardening and greening NGO, and the Botanical Society create an indigenous garden in Khayelitsha. Wright Landy indigenous garden abalimi bezekhaya botanical society Botanical Society An indigenous garden in ...

indigenous garden, abalimi bezekhaya, botanical society

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