While I let you wait for the (imminent!) start of the presales of the book "Secrets of Namaqualand Succulents", here are two pictures. 😉
Left is Mesembryanthemum barklyi, one of the succulents displaying the fastest growth rate (germinates and reaches a width of 40-50cm within less than a month after the first substantial winter rain). Its special metabolism enabling this species to grow that fast and then flower in the midst of the settling summer drought, is explained in the book.
Right is a sea of Arctotis flowers in the river bed where my stonehouse is. Last year (2018) was a great year for flowers in that area, this is due to the fact that below the riverbed is solid bedrock, which retains all the moisture that seeps through the sand. As a result there were still flowers in December! (while annual flowers usually disappear in october when the rain stops). ... See more
