Category: Rhodesia

Robins camp is named after Herbert George Robins who had acquired two farms in the early 1900’s.  Robins put a stop to shooting and took active steps to stop poaching on his land, and developed a large private zoological park.  A government gazette issued on 24th February 1928 announced that…

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Aloe ortholopha is an aloe native to open grassland at 1450–1525 meters altitude in Rhodesia. t is a succulent perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. Stamps & Postal Products 1975 Aloe 75 – 7½c Aloe ortholopha References Wikipedia: Aloe ortholopha

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Lake Kyle lies in south eastern Rhodesia. It is thought to have been named after Kyle Farm which occupied most of the land required for the lake, which in turn was named after the Kyle district in Scotland from which the pioneer of the Lowveld, Tom Murray MacDougall came originally.…

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The impala (Aepyceros melampus) is a medium-sized antelope found in eastern and southern Africa. It features a glossy, reddish brown coat. The impala is known for two characteristic leaps that constitute an anti-predator strategy. The impala is found in woodlands and sometimes between woodlands and savannahs; it inhabits places near…

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Aloe is a genus containing over 650 species of flowering succulent plants. The genus name is derived from the Arabic word alloeh, meaning “bitter and shiny substance.”  The genus is native to tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar, Jordan, the Arabian Peninsula, and various islands in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Réunion,…

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Hoodia lugardii was name after Major Edward James Lugard (1865-1957), a British-born plant collector who collected extensively in Botswana. It is a robust multi-stemmed succulent perennial. Stems are usually erect, branching from the base, cylindrical, ribbed by up to 30 vertical rows of tubercles, each tipped by a single spine.…

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Ansellia is considered a monotypic genus of orchid, with only one species, Ansellia africana, commonly known as African ansellia or leopard orchid. However, it may in fact be a complex group of species which share common floral structure and growth habit. The plants are found throughout neotropical and subtropical Africa.…

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The Rhodes Matopos National Park is the oldest in Rhodesia. In November 1926 a National Park and Game Reserve was declared within the Matopos hills. In 1963, a change in policy saw the creation of the Matopo National Park and a reduction in the park’s size, with the balance being…

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Baker Avenue, Salisbury is name after Samuel Baker (1821 – 1893). Baker was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. He also held the titles of Pasha and Major-General in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt. He served as the Governor-General of the Equatorial Nile Basin,…

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