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.
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4 - 1Land of the Tiger September 15, 1985 -
4 - 2Namaqualand - Diary of a Desert Garden September 22, 1985
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4 - 3Horns of Dilemma September 29, 1985
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4 - 4On the Verge of Life October 06, 1985
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4 - 5The Man Who Loves Frogs October 13, 1985
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4 - 6Emas - The High Plains of Brazil October 20, 1985
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4 - 7The Flight of the Whooping Crane October 27, 1985
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4 - 8White Rock, Black Water November 03, 1985
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4 - 9Never Stay In One Place November 10, 1985
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4 - 10City of Coral November 17, 1985
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4 - 11Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Frozen Ocean November 24, 1985
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4 - 12Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Land of Beyond December 01, 1985
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4 - 13Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Final Challenge December 08, 1985
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4 - 14Aspen - A Dance of Leaves December 22, 1985
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4 - 15The Plant Hunters December 29, 1985
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4 - 16Short Grass Country January 05, 1986
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4 - 17The Forgotten Garden January 12, 1986
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4 - 18Inside Stories January 19, 1986
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4 - 19Masked Monkeys January 26, 1986
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4 - 20Sky Hunters February 02, 1986