Disa cooperi in summer grass after rain

The grassland habitat of Disa cooperi on high altitude slopes and flats of the Drakensberg and the Malutis is subject to summer convection rain. The rich endowment of flowering plants exhilarates the stroller wherever this land is free from human interference.

From a distance D. cooperi and quite a bit more can be observed, while closer inspection reveals the presence of a wealth of smaller species flourishing here. Much living goes on here! Insect, bird and small mammal involvement in seasonally adapted activity patterns triggered by certain plant-generated foodstuffs bring excitement to participants. Also to visiting observers that come to learn from and care for their shared heritage.

One could easily say all of it belongs to all, especially the cliché of "to future generations". Everybody with would-be ownership rights is also owned by “it” or part of "it". All the living belongs to nature, is nature and nature is us. When humans become destructive, they are also self-destructive, for nature is a shared heritage. It is sometimes hard to think of culture as a special case of nature, a subset of the set called nature.