Tag: African

African Paradise Flycatcher

The African paradise flycatcher is a medium-sized passerine bird with a very long tail. It is a common resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. The male is boldly coloured in chestnut and black and the female is rather more drab. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Terpsiphone viridis

Still many awesome ornamental succulent plants for SALE

Despite excellent sales during the past two Sundays we still have a few hundred plants for sale; partly in pots and partly directly from the garden. Amongst these plants are still some collector’s items. Prices are realistic (mentioned in captions and in South African Rand); we don’t deal in bargains. What we don’t sell goes with us to the new address (where-ever that may be 😉 ). This coming Sunday 31 January another sale. Buyers/collectors have to book in advance (greenc -at- omail.co.za) for we work with a time slot of 2 – 2.5 hrs pp.

Besides what’s shown in the pictures there are still many smaller and larger (>2 m high) cacti, agaves and other (mainly African) succulent plants.

Echinocactus R 50.00
Fouquieria columnstis Boojum R 400.00
Aloe plicatillis R 900.00
E. Leboemsiensis R 500.00
Fero Cactus R 2000.00
Euphorbia caput medusa R 90.00
Fockea edulis R 550.00
Pachypodium bispinosis R 1100.00 and Calabanus hookerii R 500.00
Diverse plants from R 20.00 to R 150.00
Diverse plants from R 20.00 to R 150.00
Diverse plants from R 20.00 to R 150.00
Diverse plants from R 20.00 to R 150.00
Diverse plants from R 20.00 to R 150.00
Diverse plants from R 20.00 to R 150.00

First flower of the African Kapok Tree

A few months after our removal to Stanford we planted 7 African Kapok Trees (Ceiba pentantra) along the road in front of our house. These thorny stemmed trees grow fairly fast and yesterday the first flower opened itself. Wonderful.

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Duck shooting in Stanford, South Africa

I love Japanese paintings and prints and should like to have an original at home. This morning, before the rain turned loose, I had my doggy walk with camera in hand and came across a bunch of ducks having their Sunday morning nap on some branches sticking out of the water. While processing the pictures I cropped one and with Japan in mind I started to play a bit with Photoshop. Not perfect but who is? Let’s stick to a Dutch/African interpretation of it.

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