One can start with the new species of proteas that were discovered.

The eight new species can be divided into two groups - the rare species

shown here as

Paranomus hyperdelivialis - found by Peter Ross for Julia Wood on her farm Solva which has since been incorporated into the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. It sits just above the dams that will have to be built to allow people in Cape Town to water their gardens (the dam, if built, will not provide enough water for gardening alone);

Leucospermum harpagonatum - which the new landowner will not allow us to visit anymore. This is one of only two mammal-pollinated pincushions - its nearest relative sits in the Doring River Wilderness Area near George - over 200km away on a different mountain range;

Serruria rebeloi - which is so inconspicuous that even the taxonomic experts stood on for years before it was discovered. Its most exciting feature is its unusual female sex organs (it has a stylopodium, the function of which is unknown);

Serruria lacunosa from Gifberg, discovered by Ivor Jardine and Betsie Schlebush; and,

Leucadendron climacticum - the one that almost got away - it was found in the closing two weeks of the project at our last Annual Gettogether of atlassers. It has a most unusual growth habit and as far as is known is confined to an area of 20m across and 20 adult plants!