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Looks granite renosterveld more than granite fynbos below the road.

Large stand growing near water stream along the Perdeberg Trail, Kogelberg Nature Reserve

Kogelberg Nature Reseve

3-foliate leaves.
S-facing slope.

2no.

Edge of small forest pocket; East-facing slopes.

ID based on a previous obs

In Gr Winterhoek reserve just off entry road

still to add interaction

16 flower buds, old cut down pine stump right next to it

2.5 m tall stems, really special plant

A single tall plant growing among rock in a protected little basin.

This is the same individual seen with @dryfveer on 2 Nov - flowering beautifully which is what initially caught my eye.

only this one plant the entire day

DP Fire

Pair with 1 young

Noticed it when it hopped adjacent to footpath during light midday rainfall.

Beautiful snake

Approx. 30cm length.

The snake moved to the base of a restio.
Tongue appeared uniformly colored; hissed aplenty.

Upper reaches of Platteklip Gorge on a winters day. Seen late in the day.
Approximate elevation range between 1000-1040m ASL.

Anaxeton nycthemerum

Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos; endemic to TM and Contantiaberg and Kogelberg - Landdroskop area; peaty south facing, rocky slopes at altitude; broader lvs than other spp

Small snake near the river. Terrible photos taken as it moved into a rock crevice.

Approx 25mm body length.

One of a pair of Klipspringers seen in the bush above the overnight huts (old radar station) Cape Point.

For scale:
Middle and ring finger nail width = 13mm

Scat in footpath. Hair evident.