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Safely back home, it is now time to assess the expedition and write up the reports. A first analysis of the results makes very pleasing reading. Of the 52 taxa recorded for the Flora of Southern Africa (48 species and 4 subspecies or varieties) I managed to see 23 in flower and another 8 in the wild...
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Today was a mammoth day of travelling: an almost 600km round trip very kindly driven entirely by John Burrows of Buffelskloof , with Sandie providing an extra pair of eyes. The aim was to find Kniphofia albescens , which he had seen in the uplands near Piet Retief some years ago. If that was successful...
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Yesterday was an exhilarating day except for the lack of pokers: a good long walk, many beautiful flowers and the tension of trying to out run a thunderstorm. It had felt worthwhile because I had come across one poker right at the furthest extreme of the walk. However, that feeling was rapidly taken...
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