Following the long dry season and before the rains begin, there are a range of plants that put out their flowers despite the dry dusty conditions. Many people are only familiar with the colourful and splashy Fireball Lily (Boophone disticha or Scadoxus multiflorus), Swamp Lilies (Crinum spp.), Foxglove Orchid (Eulophia cucullata) or our Wild Gingers (Siphonochilus spp.). However, the start of the hot dry season around September coincides with the start of flowering activities for many...

Zambia's relatively unknown indigenous banana

An insight into one of Zambia's little known euphorbia's