February hikes to Cecilia Forest, Slangkop, to Blackburn Ravine and Elsie's Peak
by Diana Studer - gardening for biodiversity in Cape Town, South Africa Hiking among wildflowers in the mountains around Cape Town February is Disa month. Started from Cecilia Forest to avoid gate fee at Kirstenbosch. Botanical Society members have lost their free entry - we need a new SANBI card . More disas blooming than we have seen before. Almost 20, and a bud. One ripped trouser to reach that Hex of Hex River - we met an Afrikaans teacher who told us the story. Disa uniflora - Pride of Table Mountain - likes damp cliffs or stream banks. Disa uniflora Kirstenbosch in February Blissful in forest with stream running - Disney and Bambi. Twinkly sparkly feather moss is Neckera valentiniana for Valentine's Day! Big fruit polypody fern. Long walk across to our kloof. Hot and exposed in former bluegum and pine plantation with black girdled lizard. Helichrysum grandiflorum ivory and silver against bronzed fallen eucalyptus leaves. Pink is unusual for
