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Restio festuciformis
Plant... restio (Eng.); groengrasriet (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG The plants have a soft tufted look, bright green during the ... green during the flowering and seeding phase. The tufted plants are about 50 cm high with very fine, slightly branched ... is very little difference between the male and female plants, even at the seeding stage. The stems are bright green ...
Thamnochortus fraternus
Plant... cm at ground level and about 80 cm at the crown. When the plants are young they produce some finely divided juvenile branches. The mature plants have simple stems with long arching male ... all restios the male and female flowers are on separate plants. The flowers themselves are very small and ...
Stapelia leendertziae
Plant... from October to May, with a peak in November to January. Plants are pollinated by a variety of flies. They are tricked ... to rotting from the base and too little water causes the plants to shrink and die from the tips. Rather water plants sparingly than excessively. The plants require a ...
Ceropegia sandersonii
Plant... This species is a medium grower and long-lived plant. Plants flower in summer and autumn, mainly November to March ... et al. (2016) Ceropegia sandersonii is one of the first plants to be identified that uses a so-called ‘betrayed ... D & E by S.P. Bester; F by Martin Heigan) Apocynaceae Plants require well-drained, ventilated and relatively moist ...
Elegia equisetacea
Plant... the pollination of the flowers. The bracts of the female plants stay on the plant while the seed is ripening and only ... seed is ready to fall in November. The bracts of the male plants fall off when the pollen is ripe. By this time the ... of the male inflorescence can be well over 400 mm. The plants reach a height of about 1 m during the second year ...
Elegia filacea
Plant... triangular nutlets. Restios are dioecious (female and male plants are borne in separate plants). They are wind-pollinated plants. The male and female plants in their natural habitat ...
Elegia fenestrata
Plant... called pedicels, that stand quite upright on female plants, and hang downwards, pendulously, on male plants. The male restio flowers produce copious amounts of ... seeds in autumn. Restios are dioecious (female and male plants are borne in separate plants). The strong winds ...
Staberoha cernua
Plant... Female and male flowers of restios are borne on separate plants (dioecious). For reproduction, the male and female plants in the natural habitat often grow in groups. This ... cernua (L.f.) T.Durand & Schinz Staberoha cernua A very useful, small tufted restio, ideal for a small fynbos garden, ...
Welwitschia mirabilis
Plant... summer months. The sexes are separate, i.e. there are male plants and female plants. The male cones are salmon-coloured, small, oblong ... stigmas and also produces a nectar droplet. Cone-bearing plants are often wind pollinated, producing masses of pollen ...
Pachypodium namaquanum
Plant... have a few shorter branches near the apex (tip). Plants are characteristically thickset at their bases, ... Seeds normally ripen from September to December. Plants are extremely slow growing, around 0.5-1.5 cm per ... namaquanum belongs to the Apocynaceae family, a group of plants with milky or watery sap and generally simple, ...