Saving the paintbrush lily from extinction
Wednesday, July 5, 2017 - 13:02
in Biology & Nature
Since the 1990s, the Duthie Reserve in Stellenbosch, South Africa, is home to the only remaining viable population of Haemanthus pumilio in the world. It is described as South Africa's most endangered bulb species, and probably the world's rarest Haemanthus. A major project is now underway to conserve the remaining 60 individuals.