Trees 21.11.2025 – 23.11.2025 Borakalalo

A pictorial view of the trees weekend

Arriving in Borakalalo in warm and pleasant conditions for the challenging part – Amphibian and Reptile test.
Going through the notes with weekend lecturer Steven Blenkinsop
Visitor at the Auditorium which will have to wait a bit before we make it our topic. (Order Phasmida – not going further than that, yet)

Getting samples for typical mixed bushveld trees, but how to spot the tree in the forest?
Ok got it.
Identifying the low hanging fruits (Tree with two coloured inflorescences? – Sickle Bush (Dichrostachys cinera) )
Let it all sink in – relaxing time after a hard but interesting day.
Now lets see whether anything got stuck from yesterdays lectures, out in the field for the practical tree identification
Lets’s get some shade and appreciate the world of trees in a beautiful setting in a park which is always a pleasure to visit but needs support!!  And the end of another very interesting and thoughtful weekend.

ED’s Note: Thanks very much to student Hermann Brümmer for this very interesting weekend report. How green is Bora.