Lachenalia carnosa flowering in spring in a Namaqua granite rock crevice in the Kamiesberg mountains, Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

A diversity of spring flowers including orange Dimorphotheca sinuata, yellow and blue Felicia australis, purple Lachenalia carnosa, pink Lapeirousia silenoides and mauve Drosanthemum hispidum flowering en masse next to exposed Namaqua granite rocks in the Hardeveld near Steinkopf in Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]