A Hottentot Fig........

as children we used to love these. Once the petals and centre have dried, it becomes a delicious sour fig. We used to love sucking out the sweet/sour syrup.Very popular for making jam too.

[Heather K]

great detail and colors

[Kahsia]

Beautiful color.

[Helen Sanderson]

I wonder if this is the same as our pig face...a native plant that grows in many places including the sand dunes. such gorgeous colour

[Helen Sanderson]

Ha I just asked Google and in regard to the hottentot fig and pig face they said :The genus includes some 12 to 20 accepted species. Most are South African, endemics, but there are at least four Australian species and one South American.

[Christine]

Lovely colour

[Babs]

It does look like our Pig Face. @hrs

[Valerie Chesney]

How beautiful & very interesting ..

[Lou Ann]

How great is this?! I’m sure the jam is amazing.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wow didn't know this one!

[Sally Ings]

Great colour. I have the yellow variety growing in my garden. I would love to have some of the pink ones as well.

[sally agnew]

So bright and vibrant :)

[Suzanne]

How cool is that! The petals look like they have been made of paper

[Connie Little]

So vibrant. Lovely shot.

[Diana]

@caitnessa @moonmtn @hrs @hrs @chris17 @onewing @happysnaps @louannwarren @koalagardens @salza @hermann @suzanne234 @littleconnie Thanks for the lovely comments, very much appreciated.

[Diana]

@salza We also have the yellow and a very pastel apricot tone growing here Sally.

[Diana]

@hrs Thanks for the info Helen, quite amazing.