Succulent Karoo

... with the world's richest flora of succulent plants

smRF_ZA_96531_u Dead man fingers, Dactylopsis digitata, Knersvlakte, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_96571_u Argyroderma sp. with seed capsule growing in quartz field, Knersvlakte, Western Cape, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_96587_u Dead man fingers, Dactylopsis digitata, Knersvlakte, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_b05879_u Gibbaeum album, Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_b05981_g Whitish, shiny patches of quartz gravel in the Knersvlakte region, Western Cape, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_b06456_u Gibbaeum petrense, Succulent nursery Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRM_ZA_b04254_u Cheiridopsis sp. in habitat, Aizoaceae, Mesembs, Goegap Nature Reserve, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_b93462_g Kukumakranka, Koekoemakranka, Gethyllis villosa, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_b93510_g Drosanthemum hispidum with water-filled glittering bladder cells and rounded leaf tips, Rosae Ice Plant, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_b93515_g Lapidaria margaretae with seed capsules, Katmis, Klipvygie, rock mesemb, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_b93528_g Bokspoortjie, Cheiridopsis pillansii with flower bud, Bokspoortjie, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_b93539_u Cushion of Conophytum flavum, Knopies, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_b93692_g Odontophorus marlothii Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_b94364_u Argyroderma sp.with seed capsule in the quarzfield of Knersvlakte, Succulent Karoo, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_b94386_u Oophytum oviforme, distribution restricted to the quartz fields of the Knersvlakte region, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_b94393_u Dwarf succulents, quartz fields, Knersvlakte, Succulent Karoo, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_b94399_u Phyllobulus digitata, Knersvlakte, Succulent Karoo, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRF_ZA_b94410_u Argyroderma sp.with seed capsule in the quarzfield of Knersvlakte, Succulent Karoo, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRM_ZA_b00948_g Blooming Mesmbryanthemum sp. in habitat, ice plant, Aizoaceae, Mesembs, Goegap Nature Reserve, Namaqualand, South Africa
smRM_ZA_b01018_g Two flowers of Polymita albiflora in habitat, Aizoaceae, Mesembs, Goegap Nature Reserve, Namaqualand, South Africa

All photographs ©Ulrike Fischer
Contact email: ulrikefischer@bluewin.ch