Observações de anthonyhitchcock

The animal was about 40mm long, 5mm wide and a dusty blue colour with a white head.

Peripatopsis balfouri is thought to be closely related to the cave peripatus, P. alba.

The peripatus was found in the boulder choke in the upper levels of a cave on the back or Western Table. It was about 6m below the surface and in total darkness.
Peripatopsis balfouri has been recorded from Bats Cave and under logs in the valley in front of Wynberg Cave.

Small snail with glossy dark brown shell less than 10mm in diameter. Shell carried in horizontal orientation. Found at cave entrances on Table and Kalk Bay Mountain. Cool, damp habitat at cave or within the first few meters of the cave. Also amongst leaf litter and rotting logs in remnant afro-montain forest patches near caves

large, tree-like Erica species up to 4m tall and bushy. Covered with pink flowers in summer. Plants vary in size according to position. Appears to be happy as a lithophyte growing out of cracks in quartzite cliffs, receives only a short period of direct sun in mid summer. Plants receiving more sun looked stressed

large, tree-like Erica species up to 4m tall and bushy. Covered with pink glabrous (non hairy)flowers in summer. Plants vary in size according to position.
Cool,moist, shaded cliffs and base of cliffs at medium high altitude. Appears to be happy as a lithophyte growing out of cracks in quartzite cliffs, receives only a short period of direct sun in mid summer. Plants receiving more sun looked stressed

mounding cushion of light green herbaceous-like foliage, but growing from a woody stem, flowers profusely, delicate, white four petalled flowers. The foliage probably is burnt back by snow and ice in the winter and resprouts off the stem in summer

Widdringtonia cedarbergensis)
Tree to 15m with thick trunk and branching freely. Leaves aromatic and flattened scale-like on adults and needle-like on juveniles. Adult plants bear both male and female cones on same plant

sturdy well branched shrub to 1m, densely packed leaves along woody stems. Flowers tubular, sticky and very attractive consisting of pink tubes ending in cream or white tips tinged with green and arranged in dense flower heads at the ends of branches

beautiful, densely branched, rounded tree to about 4m tall and 6m diameter. Thick trunk and branches with brown corky bark, leaves oblong and toothed at apex. Flowers are clustered into headlets each with a reddish-yellow hairy leaflet which gives the plant its colour when in flower. Flower headlets grouped at the ends of branches.