Spring flowers in the veld at Amatikulu 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amatikulu grasslands have been conserved for over one hundred years! This is a very special biome because it represents original sub-tropical coastal grassland, which is rare to find in its original form anywhere on the North Coast. This grassland is rich in diversity, and in that sense it possibly matches  the diversity of the West Coast equivalent. I photographed just some of the species which were flowering in late October this year. I spent no more than 30 minutes doing this with my cell phone, and I needed to move no more than a couple of meters from the road to capture pictures of the following plants that were flowering that day.