Farm 215
Farm 215 is a private nature reserve run by Maarten Groos. It has over 800 plant species including over 50 rare and threatened plant species. Besides leopards that are recorded by their multiple camera traps, many animals including over 300 bird species have been documented.
A number of programmes in aid of conservation are testament to their ethos, including alien eradication and tree planting programmes. Farm 215 is the first reforestation site of the Trees For Tourism Programme of the South African Reforestation Trust with over 15 000 trees planted as of 2018. Farm 215 is also a conservation servitude by Fauna and Flora Internatiional. Their first step was to rehabilitate Elim Ferricrete Fynbos which is a critically endangered habitat.
Their accommodation facilities includes beautiful accommodation surrounded by fynbos for up to 14 people with a restaurant open between August and May. Find out more at https://farm215.co.za/
Nodes
Protea speciosa
Serruria nervosa
Aulax umbellata
Serruria elongata
Leucadendron gandogeri
Protea compacta
Protea neriifolia
Leucadendron laureolum
Serruria elongata
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Taxonomy term
Ixia odorata
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From the Latin odoratus = ‘sweet-smelling / fragrant’
Knowltonia vesicatoria
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From the Latin ‘vesicatoria’ / ‘vesicatorius’ meaning ‘relating to the bladder’
Lampranthus
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Gk. lampros = bright, shining; anthos = flower; referring to the light reflecting off the glossy petals.
Lessertia frutescens
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'shrub-like' from the Latin frutescens meaning ‘producing shoots’
Leucadendron
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Gk. leukos = white; dendron = tree; referring to commonly called ‘witteboom’ or ‘silver tree’.
Leucadendron salicifolium
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From the botanical name for a Willow, Salix, and the Latin folius = 'leaf'
Leucadendron spissifolium
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From the Latin ‘spissi’ / ‘spissus’ meaning ‘thick or dense’; and the Latin ‘folium’ / ‘folium’ meaning ‘leaf’.
Leucospermum
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Gk. leukos = white; sperma = seed. The tree has white seeds.