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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.

Did you know?

Erica cerinthoides is possibly the best-known of the Erica genus. Its common names are Fire Heath (as it is at its best after fire), Rooihaartijie or just Erica heath. It has a widespread distribution all over South Africa. At present it is flowering profusely on the mountains of Hermanus , from Rotary Way to Klipspringer, after the big fire of January 15 2008.

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