Orange Grove Farm
A working farm run as both a vineyard and a five star guest lodge. Abutting the mountain in the Nuy valley, it has a number of interesting routes going through both fynbos and renosterveld. A large portion of the farm burnt in 2016 leading to a plethora of post-burn flowers in spring 2017.
Nodes
Lapeirousia pyramidalis
Malvaceae
Pelargonium
Lapeirousia pyramidalis
Felicia
Lyperia
Moraea
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Spiloxene
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Taxonomy term
Ixia
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Ancient Gk. Ixia = a Linnaeus-derived name for a plant noted for the variability of its flower colour or Gk. ixos = mistletoe (viscum), birdlime; referring to the viscous sap (WPU Jackson).
Jamesbrittenia
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For James Britten (1846–1924), who was born in London and lived there his entire life. He was educated privately with the intention of becoming a medical doctor but favoured botany and accepted a position as an assistant at the Kew Gardens herbarium from 1869–1871. He was subsequently transferred to the botany department at the British Museum and worked there until his retirement in 1909. Britten published a number of dictionaries of British plants and botanists but was also an expert on Old English dialects and folklore and a devout Catholic who devoted time to social upliftment projects. He was evidently much admired by Otto Kuntze, who named Jamesbrittenia for him, as a strong upholder of the Principle of Priority in plant nomenclature and as a longtime editor of the Journal of Botany, a post he filled for 45 years.
Lachenalia
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For Werner de Lachenal (1736–1800), Swiss professor of botany and anatomy at the University of Basel from 1776, eminent for his knowledge of European plants. He obtained his PhD in 1763. He was a pupil of Haller, who was one of his main correspondents, providing him with details of flora and their location around Basel, the Jura mountains, Alsat and Bruntrutain. He was a friend of Linnaeus. He authored several monographs in Acta Helvetica. While at the university he substantially improved its botanical garden, the oldest in Switzerland, that had fallen into disrepair. He continually strived to obtain funds to reconstruct and develop the garden and to pay for its gardener. He opened the garden to the public to cover expenditures.
Lapeirousia pyramidalis
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From the Latin pyramidalis = 'pyramid shaped'; frequently referring to the inflorescence
Limeum
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Ancient classical name for a poisonous plant, Gk. loimos = a plague, pestilence. ‘These small weeds are acrid poisons’ (Bonder, Flora Capensis).
Lobostemon
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Gk. lobos = lobe; stemon = thread, stamen; referring to the filaments being opposite the corolla lobes.
Lyperia
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Gk. lyperos = mournful, grief; referring to the fact that one species turns black after flowering.
Moraea
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Linnaeus married Sara Elisabeth Moraea; her father was Dr. Johan Moraeus, the town physician of Falun. The name "Morea" was originally given by Philip Miller after "Robert More of Shropshire", but was taken over by Linnaeus and changed to Moraea.
Muraltia
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After John M. von Muralt, Swiss botanist and author; flourished around 1576.
Myrica
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Gk. myrike = fragrance; also murikē (myrike) meaning a Tamarisk (= a family of mainly Old World desert shrubs and trees); referring to the plant’s aromatic leaves in many species.
Nemesia
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Gk. nemesion, nemeseion from nemo = to distribute, to enjoy, to pasture, to feed; or nemos = wooded pasture, glade, a grove; name used by Dioscorides for a similar plant, referring to their habitat.
Nerine
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For Nerine, in Greek mythology a sea-nymph or nereid, daughter of Doris and Nereus, and granddaughter of Oceanus and Tethys. The Nereids were meant to protect sailors and their ships. Common name ‘Guernsey lily’. In 1820, William Herbert named this indigenous South African plant Nerine (previously Imhofia), when a ship carrying boxes of the bulbs of this species was shipwrecked on Guernsey. The boxes were washed ashore, and flowers grew around the coast, hence the common name.
Olea europaea
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From the Latin ‘europaea’ / ‘europaeus’ meaning ‘pertaining to Europe’