1camera1mom: September 2020

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Blue Skies and Blue Flowers

Today I'm featuring blue skies and blue flowers. If you click on the first sky image, you'll notice a small airplane. Blue is my favorite color. The white clouds were particularly stunning against the blue sky.

The blue wildflower, even though small, still stands out in the veld. Its common names are Blue Flax, Wild Flax, or Showy Sunflax and its Latin name is Heliophila coronopifolia. Heliophila means sun-loving.

All of these photos were taken with my Canon PowerShot. No filters were added.

Related Posts:

Cat's Tail and More!

Ground Orchids and More!

Wildflowers in the Western Cape

Wildflowers in the Breede Valley

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Tina Morley

All original photographs
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Cat's Tail and More!

Just a short walk from our home reveals a variety of wildflowers and we keep finding new ones! Already some of them have flowered and gone. Sometimes I send photos to our friend Werner, the manager at Cape Town's National Botanical Garden, who classifies them for me. He never just gives us a flower's name. He always mentions interesting things about them too.

There are three flowers that I am featuring today. The first one is a tall one with a bushy white top. It's called Cat's Tail. Its Latin name is Bulbinella cauda-felis. "Cauda" meaning a "structure resembling a tail" and "felis" meaning "cat-like" or "feline." It's solitary and can form in clumps. I have an example of both. I even captured a bee in flight that landed on one!

The second one is a prickly shrub with purple and white flowers. Its Afrikaans name is Kastybossie, meaning "rebuke bush." The idea is that it could be used for rebuking a naughty child. Its Latin name is Muraltia heisteria.

The last two photos are of another plant with sharp spines and dainty purple flowers. In English, its common names are "little bush for tortoise" or "tortoise berry" and in Afrikaans "skilpadbessie." That's because the tortoise eats the little red berries. Its Latin name is Muraltia spinosa.

Related Posts:

Ground Orchids and More!

Wildflowers in the Western Cape

Wildflowers in the Breede Valley

Walking Our Dogs

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Tina Morley

All original photographs
by Tina Morley
unless stated otherwise.

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Ground Orchids and More!

Today I'm featuring the beautiful ground orchids that are growing wild here in the Breede Valley, Western Cape, South Africa. Their Latin name is Satyrium erectum. I also included two photos towards the end of Lachenalia. In Afrikaans, they're called Viooltjie, which means little violin. These photos were taken over different days. That's why the lighting is so different in some of them.

Related Posts:

Wildflowers in the Western Cape

Wildflowers in the Breede Valley

Walking Our Dogs

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Tina Morley

All original photographs
by Tina Morley
unless stated otherwise.

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Wildflowers in the Breede Valley

There's a riot of color in the Breede Valley right now with all the wildflowers covering the fields. We went for a short drive yesterday so that I could capture more of the beauty that is all around us. Normally, I'm photographing what we see on our walks with the dogs, so these pics will give you a bigger picture. Not only are we surrounded by wildflowers, but by mountains too! I even included a few quotes to brighten your day. Enjoy!