My theme today is the early rainy season flora. Living in the savanna doesn't mean that it's dry grass as far as the eye can see. This early May, we've had several big rains already, the baobab trees are green and a lot of flowers pop up everywhere.
This one is funny because you see a stalk one evening, and the flower opens all of a sudden the next morning. They seem to appear from nowhere and disappear as fast as they appeared. The other peculiarity is that they are never in groups, but rather few and far apart (I would say about 20-25 per acre only).
On the contrary, this one comes in clusters, and graces wet and waterlogged places. It's also quite short-lived though.
I never knew what in French is called (probably not a scientific name) "mother-in-law's tongue" because it's so long and pointed did flower at all, and that the flower would look like this!
Waterlilies are also one of these flowers that you only find open early in the morning, and close when the sun starts shining in earnest. A reward for those who get up early!
These clusters of papyruses in the middle of the pond are huge. I think each stalk is about 1.20m / 4ft high, maybe more.
They are very interesting up close too:
Lastly, something I don't have the faintest clue what it can possibly be, but I found it interesting anyway:
More later about the flora in my corner of the bush! I hope you enjoyed looking at the pictures as much as I enjoyed discovering these plants and taking these few mementos.
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