Tony Phelps / Red sided skink (Trachylepis homacephala) Male, DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa.

Tony Phelps / (Gazania species) flowering, DeHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Aster flowering (Felicia species) DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus dorcas) new born calf suckling. DeHoop nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Slug eating snake (Duberria lutrix) in defensive coil, deHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Nino / Sour fig in flower (Carpobrotus acinaciformis) DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Satyr orchid, Rooikappie (Satyrium carneum) deHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, September

Tony Phelps / Erica species, very rare, DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Satyr Orchid, Rooitrewwa (Satyrium corlifolium) DeHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, September

Tony Phelps / Silvery featherhead (Struthiola argentea) DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Erica species, very rare, DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Karoo Boer-bean (Schotia afra) female plant. DeHoop nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Satyr Orchid, Rooitrewwa (Satyrium corlifolium) DeHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, September

Tony Phelps / Katnaels root parasite (Hyobanche sanguinea) DeHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Witches broom, root parasite, DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Rooinaeltjie (Lachenalia bulbifera) flowering, DeHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Slime lily (Ornithogalum flacidum) DeHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Slime lily (Ornithogalum flacidum) DeHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Poprosie (Hermannia flammula) in flower, DeHoop nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Blou Afrikaner (Gladiolus carinatus) deHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Witches broom, a root parasite DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Satyr orchid, Rooikappie (Satyrium carneum) deHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, September

Tony Phelps / (Lachenalia youngii) in flower, DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Katstert or Catstail (Bulbinella caudafelis) DeHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Poprosie (Hermannia flammula) in flower, deHoop nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Spoon flower or Lippypie (Gladiolus cunonius) DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Blou-uintjie, iris family (Moraea tripetala) DeHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Mustard family, Sunflax (Heliophilla coronopifolia) DeHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Bitter Aloe (Aloe ferox) flower spikes in arid landscape. Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa, August.

Tony Phelps / Bitter Aloe (Aloe ferox) flowering in arid landscape. Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa, August.

Piotr Naskrecki / Flowering plants in fynbos habitat, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Heath vegetation in fynbos habitat, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Heath vegetation in fynbos habitat, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Sour Fig / Nino (Carpobrotus acinaciformis) flowering, Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Kapok Bossie / Wild Rosemary (Eriocephalus paniculatus) growing in sand fynbos. deHoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, September 2010

Tony Phelps / Monkshood Orchid (Corycium orobanchoides) in flower, DeHoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Rooipypie \ Red pipes (Watsonia altetroides) Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa, September

Tony Phelps / Rooikappie \ Waxy Satyr Orchid (Satyrium carneum) coming into flower, deHoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Crimson Heath (Erica cocconea) in flower, Fynbos mosaic, DeHoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) adult male in fynbos habitat, West Coast NP, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) adult male in fynbos habitat, West Coast NP, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) adult female with hood raised in fynbos habitat, West Coast NP, South Africa

Tony Phelps / View of fynbos vegetation and sand dunes. Dehoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Senecio flowering on Fynbos habitat, Little karoo, Western Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Brinckiella elegans), a newly discovered species from fynbos habitat, Cederberg, Western Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Brinckiella karooensis), a newly discovered species from fynbos habitat, Goegap Nature Reserve, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Brinckiella arboricola), a newly discovered species from fynbos habitat, Goegap Nature Reserve, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Dicot (Euphorbia sp) in fynbos habitat, Cederberg Wilderness Area, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Heath (Ericaceae) in fynbos habitat, Jonaskop, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Brinckiella mauerbergerorum), a newly discovered species from fynbos habitat, Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid, a newly discovered, yet unnamed species from fynbos habitat, Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa

Gerry Ellis / Dagger-leaf (Protea mucronifolia) in lowland fynbos, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Smoke from fire caused by army flares in the fynbos, DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Mountain fynbos vegetation on the foothills of the Swartberg Mountains, Little Karoo, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Puff Adder {Bitis arietans} adult female lying in fynbos habitat, Nr Oudtshoorn, Little Karoo, South Africa.

Tony Phelps / Bitter Aloe {Aloe ferox} flowering plants growing on fynbos, Swartberg foothills, Little Karoo. South Africa

Tony Phelps / Bitter Aloe {Aloe ferox} flowering plants growing on fynbos, Swartberg foothills, Little Karoo. South Africa

Tony Phelps / Bitter Aloe {Aloe ferox} flowering plants growing on fynbos, Swartberg foothills, Little Karoo. South Africa

Tony Phelps / Bitter Aloe {Aloe ferox} flowering plants growing on fynbos, Swartberg foothills, Little Karoo. South Africa

Tony Phelps / Bitter Aloe {Aloe ferox} flowering plants growing on fynbos, Swartberg foothills, Little Karoo. South Africa

Tony Phelps / Fynbos with dunes in background, DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa.

Tony Phelps / Recovery of fynbos vegetation, DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa.

Mark Moffett / Entomologist Hamish Robertson examines fynbos shrub which depends on Marauder Ants (Pheidologeton sp) to plant its seeds like gardeners, Cape Town, South Africa

Mark Moffett / Native South African Fynbos, ant buries seeds of plant so they can reproduce

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Marsh lily {Lilium sp} growing in area destroyed by fire, Fynbos, Cape, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Fynbos vegetation, Sandy Bay, Karbonkelberg, Table Mountain National Park, Western Cape, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Fynbos vegetation, Sandy Bay, Karbonkelberg, Table Mountain National Park, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Chacma baboon (Papio hamadryas ursinus) female and baby in spring succulent fynbos flowers. DeHoop Nature reserve. Western Cape, South Africa. August.

Tony Phelps / Cape Mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) mare and foal against dunes, DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Perdekaroo (Oedera capensis) plant in flower, De Hoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, July

Tony Phelps / Perdekaroo (Oedera capensis) deHoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, July

Tony Phelps / Pincushion plant (Leucospermum cordifolium) in flower, De Hoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, July

Tony Phelps / Blue Rocket (Lobostomon argenteus) flowers, De Hoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, July

Tony Phelps / Blue Rocket (Lobostomon argenteus) plant in flower, De Hoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, July

Tony Phelps / Blue Rocket (Lobostomon argenteus) plant in flower on De Hoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, June

Tony Phelps / Sugarbush (Protea repens) flower in bud, deHoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, June

Tony Phelps / Sugarbush (Protea repens) flower, De Hoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, June

Tony Phelps / Bobbejaanboek / Baboon Book (Massonia pustulata) flowering, De Hoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, June

Tony Phelps / Bobbejaanboek / Baboon Book (Massonia pustulata) flowering, De Hoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, June

Tony Phelps / Autumn Star (Empodium plicatum) in flower, De Hoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, May

Tony Phelps / Autumn Star (Empodium plicatum) in flower, De Hoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, May

Tony Phelps / Hedgehog lilies (Massonia jasminiflora) and Grand Duchess Sorrel (Oxalis purpurea) flowering on De Hoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, May 2011

Tony Phelps / Hedgehog lilies (Massonia jasminiflora) and Grand Duchess Sorrel (Oxalis purpurea) flowering on De Hoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, May 2011

Tony Phelps / Berg lily (Nerine humilus) in flower, De Hoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, May

Tony Phelps / Berg lily (Nerine humilus) in flower, De Hoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, May

Tony Phelps / Hedgehog lily (Massina jasminiflora) De Hoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, May

Piotr Naskrecki / Mountain range in fynbos habitat, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Everlasting flowers {Syncarpha carascens} on Limestone fynbos, Dehoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Mark Moffett / Entomologist Hamish Robertson examines fynbos shrub which depends on Marauder Ants (Pheidologeton sp) to plant its seeds like gardeners, Cape Town, South Africa

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Marsh lily flowers in area destroyed by fire. Fynbos Cape South Africa

Nick Upton / Button bush (Berzelia lanuginosa) in flower, Mediterranean biome dome, The Eden Project, Cornwall, UK, April. Native to the Fynbos of South Africa.

Nick Upton / Button bush (Berzelia lanuginosa) in flower, Mediterranean biome dome, The Eden Project, Cornwall, UK, April. Native to the Fynbos of South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Road through fynbos, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Road through fynbos, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Amethyst sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina) male perched on Pincushion flower (Leucospermum species) Fynbos habitat, Western Cape, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Amethyst sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina) juvenile perched on Pincushion flower (Leucospermum species) Fynbos habitat, Western Cape, South Africa.