I saw these flowers on a large tree (at least 6m high). No idea what it is or alien or not.
Flower (pic 1) about 100mm diameter.
Each little ball is about 5mm diameter and consists of 4 quadrants (pic 2).
5 red strings lead to each little ball, one string to each quadrant and one to something inside (pic 3)
At a stage the little balls open up showing the inside of the quadrants (pic 4 and 5) and the feature that's in the middle (pic 5) which looks the stamen to me (diameter about 3mm)

Lkely to be this.
From Ericas of the Cape Peninsula:
Diagnostics:Sepals large and coloured, 3/4 length of corrolla, plants many stemmed, resprouting.

Flowerrs arranged in a loose spike, inflorescence consisting of a loose head, below which are very reduced side branches with three to six flowers eac. Calyx pale pink. Corrolla deeper pink with dark lobes.
Not abundant, but widespread on hils and mountains on the Peninsula...
Only known as a resprouter Can easily be confused with Erica corifolia which has dark tips to the sepals, a simple terminal inflorescence and is mostly a single stemmed reseeder.

Desperately overgrazed after the fire in Feb/Mar 2017 so there was very little regeneration. Pretty much only oxalis managed to deter the sheep. Made for some very pretty carpets.

The pink succulent oxalis.

This small slender, ringbum ant was found crawling through the leaf litter. I have edited my original size estimation which was too low. After relocating and re-measuring the ant it measures 7mm or just over. I got a few shots off before it disappeared. Will have another look for it tomorrow morning. Interesting one - cannot find it in the book.