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1. I'll say Mimusops obovata.

2. I would guess Lobostemon fruticosus BUT there are many similar looking Lobostemons.

3. Sparrmannia africana.

WoW!!! Thanks for taking the time to help me with these IDs, JB. I've done some follow-up googling and think they're all, as yours usually are, spot on

I really must invest in a Cape fynbos field guide Top of my list for this upcoming visit!

It is a big pleasure arks, glad that i can help (and sorry i don't have time to pop in more/quicker )
and very glad to hear you agree

PS... sorry i haven't got around to reply to your e-mail, but that fieldguide you mentioned there is REALLY excellent (although just remember none of these guides cover everything... infact i think most only cover about 40% or even less )

Knowing how busy you are these days, it was a nice surprise to see you here today And from another thread, looks like you have an upcoming flower-viewing trip? Have a great time!!

And thanks for your feedback on that fieldguide. I appreciate the limitations of a single guide, but if I collect too many — and I always return from SA with at least one new book!! — I'll have nothing in my luggage but books, and likely incur overweigh penalties as well Such are the "limitations" of being an overseas visitor!

I originally posted these photos in the general ID thread, but it's been nearly two weeks and no one's responded, so perhaps (as Richard Harris has done in the bird forum ), starting a separate ID thread for my Cape wildflowers and other fynbos plants will be OK?

I do now have a fieldguide for fynbos and am trying very hard to work out the ID of my pix, but am finding it hard going. These are some of those that I've guessed at, some of my guesses I'm more confident of than others. All were seen at Cape Point in October.

1. This first one is, I think, the thistle protea (protea scolymocephala)?





2. This one is, I think, lesser purple ragwort (senecio arenarius)?



3. This one is possibly manulea tomentosa? Does it have a common name?



4. This one, I think, is the rosescented pelargonium (pelargonium capitatum)?



5. Perhaps false slugwort (dischisma ciliatum)?



6. And this one, perhaps featherhead roemanaggie (struthiola striata)?

I took this photo along the trail to the ligthouse, back in October. Can anyone help me identify it ?

Thanks in advance from Belgium.

I think it's the same as this one Salvia africana-lutea.
Best regards Neil

Hi Stapelia and Welcome!

I think your plant is salvia africana-lutea, a fairly common coastal fynbos plant

Thanks, Imberbe, but I fear that now that you've added Stapelia's query and the replies, no one is going to go back to mine and I REALLY need help here, which is why I moved my pix from the general ID thread, where they had gotten no notice Or perhaps it's just that we don't have anyone who knows much about the Cape flora? When I'm providing an answer, it does make me wonder, as I know next to nada!

Richard Harris has been allowed his own separate ID thread in the birds forum and I was hoping that I might be allowed my own thread here as I have a lot of Cape plants for which I'm hoping for help with ID. I'm trying very hard to work out the IDs with my new fieldguide, but it's very hard for me to be sure and there are plenty about whch I have no clue.

Unfortunately, adding in other requests means that my previously UNanswered requests get overlooked, which happens to me all the time

Thanks for your answer !
Excuse me if I've posted my question twice, I don't saw it was submit in Cape plants and flowers !
Michelle

Thanks a lot for your answer !
With your photo, I understand why I don't find this flower in any site or book ! It's not a corolla but a calyx !
Mich

Yes, sometimes they don't have the orange bits!
/Neil

Sorry about only answering now arks, but it is really busy at work and adding all the firewalls it is sometimes a mission to get on to the forums

Anyways, i have answered you in the Plant ID thread