Delve into the extraordinary plant diversity of the Cape Floral Kingdom, a UNESCO World Heritage Site teeming with unique fynbos and endemic species.
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A Floral Kingdom Like No Other
This series, Fynbos and Floral Treasures, explores the Cape Floral Kingdom — a stretch of land at Africa's southern tip that defies every rule of botanical proportion.
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Africa's Richest Botanical Treasure in Miniature
The Western Cape holds nearly twenty percent of Africa's plant species in less than half a percent of the continent's land area.
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Fynbos: Shrubland That Defies the Odds
Fynbos survives by burning.
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A Mountain Garden Above the City
Table Mountain holds more plant species on its slopes than the entire United Kingdom.
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Kirstenbosch Born From a Colonial Timber Reserve
Cecil Rhodes bequeathed this land to the nation in 1902, but Kirstenbosch's story goes back further — it was a wild almond hedge planted by Jan van Riebeeck in 1660 to…
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Fynbos Plants That Need Flames to Survive
Some fynbos seeds will sit in the soil for decades, refusing to germinate until they detect smoke.
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Fighting to Save a Shrinking Kingdom
Over a third of the vegetation types in the Western Cape are now classified as critically endangered. The threats are relentless.
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