Yesterday was the spring equinox in the Southern Hemisphere. On my walk in the Silvermine section of the Table Mountain National Park I came across this beautiful Table Mountain Watsonia presenting its pollen to passing birds and bees all wrapped up with a perfect bow on top. 
Spring-flowering watsonias in three different colours. These are the Table Mountain Watsonia (Watsonia tabularis) and pink and white colour forms of the Purple Watsonia or Suurkanol (Watsonia borbonica subsp. ardernei).
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Oops, spring equinox kinda bypassed me this year. But Spring has been stunning so far. Now if only we can get some rain to break this drought.
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers, especially the closeup of the watsonia is very cheerful.
ReplyDeleteA propos equinox: 23 Sep 2010, 03:09 GMT (today). You can enjoy it twice, it's free!
Beautiful offering to the birds and the bees, Caroline. Thank you for sharing South Spring with me - I miss it this year. Blessings and hugs Jo, Khartoum
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ReplyDeleteWow, what a stunning colour. The darker petal edges really accentuate it. (I clicked on the image in the hope of enlarging it for more detail.)
ReplyDeleteAs an aside, Watsonia is considered a weed in Australia.
Yes - there is even a gladiolus that is extinct in the wild here, but a weed in Western Australia! This orangey watonia is endemic to the Cape Peninsula, but I think the borbonica ones are weeds in Australia.
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