Pachypodium namaquanum flowers
Image by Martin_Heigan
Pachypodium namaquanum (Halfmens) flowers photographed in habitat at Halfmenskloof in the Richtersveld Transfrontier National Park (an UNESCO World Heritage Site), Northern Cape, South Africa (September 2009).
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The Legend of the Halfmens:
Halfmens is translated as "Half Human" in English. The Khoisan Bushman has a beautiful story that has been told to generations, and it explains how Halfmens plants were created.
The Khoisan Bushman were driven away from their birth land (The Kalahari Desert) by invading tribes. It filled them with grief, and some of the Khoisan people kept on looking back and turned into Halfmens plants. As a result the crown of Halfmens plants always turn to the North, longing for the day that they can return to their beloved birth land.
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