Did you know that Namibia and South Africa co-host the world's only arid biodiversity hotspot? Known as the Succulent Karoo Biodiversity Hotspot, plant lovers most often associate it with the Northern Cape in South Africa. Few people, even among Namibians, realise that this hotspot extends into southern Namibia just north of the Orange River. What makes this remote part of Namibia even more interesting is that it is where the Succulent Karoo and Nama Karoo meet, creating a transitional zone between the two biomes (major ecological units). This zone supports species that are characteristic of each biome along with many unique species that occur nowhere else on the planet (known as endemics). The mountainous stretch of land south of the tiny town of Warmbad in Namibia is known among scientists as the 'Gariep Centre of Endemism' in recognition of its unique biodiversity. This area is popular among local succulent plant lovers, notably a schoolteacher from Warmbad, Margarete Friedrich, who was memorialised in the scientific name of a succulent that thrives in this area. I was therefore thrilled to receive an invitation to do a plant survey in a conservation area located in this centre of endemism, as I expected to find unusual plants and high plant diversity. What I found on the ground during my survey in the late growing season (May-June 2022) surpassed my expectations.