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 easily be seen, while closer inspection reveals the presence of a wealth of smaller species flourishing here. With much living that is going on! Insect, bird and small mammal involvement in seasonally adapted activity patterns bring excitement to participants as well as observers that come to learn from and care for their shared heritage.

One could easily say it belongs to all, especially to future generations. Everybody with would-be ownership rights is more appropriately also owned by “it”, or: all the living belongs to nature, is nature. This living becomes destructive, also self-destructive for humans, whenever they forget the shared heritage principle; and hard to think of culture as a special case of nature.