Mystacidium capense in its natural habitat

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There is nothing better than camping in beautiful forests. Oh wait, there is - camping in beautiful forests and finding wild orchids!
One of our stops on our Pretoria to Cape Town road trip was Diepwalle camp, which is part of Garden Route National Park in Knysna.
We found these bad boys growing around King Edrward's Big Tree (which is more than 800 years old), I'd guess about 1km area around it. When we returned to our camping deck (yes, you camp among the trees here!), hugging my husband being so excited about having seen these wonderful plants I noticed a few more growing right next to our tent!
We will definitely go back, just more ready for the cold wind!
Some of the photos aren't great - taking shots against the sun in a fairly dark forest isn't easy, plus the excitement of it all makes you all shaky :P