Namaqualand - Diary of a Desert Garden
Episode 2 · 1985-09-22
- Documentary
Episode overview
In all Africa there is no stranger riddle than the flowering of the land of the Nama. Those bushmen were the first to see their desert land burgeon into a blaze of color. But this paradise was always short-lived; a spectacular bloom that quickly withered away, not to be seen again for many years. RODNEY BORLAND filmed the most recent of these stupendous and mystifying displays. To a landscape already weird with huge halfmens plants, elephant ears and baboons' fingers, suddenly came vast arrays of nodding daisies and wave upon wave of mesembryanthemums, wild geraniums, gladioli and amaryllis. The landscape was bathed in brilliant hues, a natural garden whose glory may not shine again before the end of this century.
50 minutes
Season 4 episodes
1. Land of the Tiger1985-09-15
2. Namaqualand - Diary of a Desert Garden1985-09-22
3. Horns of Dilemma1985-09-29
4. On the Verge of Life1985-10-06
5. The Man Who Loves Frogs1985-10-13
6. Emas - The High Plains of Brazil1985-10-20
7. The Flight of the Whooping Crane1985-10-27
8. White Rock, Black Water1985-11-03
9. Never Stay In One Place1985-11-10
10. City of Coral1985-11-17
11. Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Frozen Ocean1985-11-24
12. Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Land of Beyond1985-12-01
13. Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Final Challenge1985-12-08
14. Aspen - A Dance of Leaves1985-12-22
15. The Plant Hunters1985-12-29
16. Short Grass Country1986-01-05
17. The Forgotten Garden1986-01-12
18. Inside Stories1986-01-19
19. Masked Monkeys1986-01-26
20. Sky Hunters1986-02-02
