Images Dated 3rd May 2011

399. Brunsvigia multiflora, near Queenstown, South Africa

This Amaryllid is remarkable for its large bulb and inflorescence, the latter appearing each season after the leaves have decayed and disappeared. Plants of it are scattered over the plain behind in company with the Thorn Tree, Acacica horrida, Willd

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Flower, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Red, South Africa

391. Clivia and Grapnel Plant, South Africa

The grapnel plant (Harpagophytumn procumbens, DC.) produces one of the most singular seed-vessels known. Its long claw-like appendages terminate in sharp recurved prickles, which attach themselves readily to any substances with which they may come in

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Clivia, Flower, Leaves, Marianne North, Orange, Painting, Pink, South Africa

375. Flowers of St. Johns in Pondo Basket

Beginning on the right at the top, there is the dark blue Coleotrype natalensis, C. B. Clarke, a purplish red Balsam (Impatiens, sp. having a long slender spur), clusters of the small white flowers of the "White Pear" (Apodytes dimidiata, B

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Basket, Blue, Flowers, Leaves, Marianne North, Orange, Painting, Pink, Pondo, Purple, White