In the second week after the fire grasses and restios are already shooting and a number of spectacular flowers make their appearance in the landscape. Shoots appear from the burnt out bases of the large thatching reed Thamnochortus erectus.
The yellow flowers of the fire daisy Mairia coriaceae erupt from the charred and blackened landscape.
The endangered (witbergpypie) is restricted to the area between Betty’s Bay and Potberg and also made its appearance on the the upper slopes of Grootbos in the second week after the fire.
Probably the most spectacular appearance during this time was the many Brunsvigia orientalis (candalabra flower) that burst out of the ground, developing from a bud to full bloom in just a few days.
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