Fernkloof News
On January 15 2008 a fast and furious fire razed the fynbos from the Hermanus mountains, from Rotary Way to Klipspringer. A group of dedicated local botanists are happily ranging these mountain slopes monitoring the regrowth and noting the flowering species. On Hoy's Koppie, which has not been burnt for 40 years, a spectacular display of Cliff Lilies, Gladiolus carmineus,appeared in the valley together with Watsonia angusta, an orange-red variety. On the mountain slopes geophytes include the pink Tritoniopsis lata, bulbines, bulbinella, gladiolus martleyi, and of course, the red Fire Lily Cyrtanthus ventricosus.
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