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174 results found for ' <strong>nectar</strong>' (displaying page 2 of 18)
Graderia scabra
Plant... darker throat area or dark veins there possibly acting as nectar guides. The central corolla lobe of the 3 lower lobes ... where insects have taken a short cut to collect pollen or nectar. Veld fires in the grasslands may damage young plants, ...
Tylosema esculentum
Plant... of T. esculentum , but they could also be robbers of nectar rather than pollinators. The abundance of flowers in ...
Ammocharis baumii
Plant... and the base of the very long perianth tube contains nectar, which is consumed by their night-flying moth ...
Iridaceae
Plant... orange trumpet-like flowers that secrete large amounts of nectar. Other species are adapted to pollination by ... styles that are divided into three slender branches, and nectar (when present) produced from glands in the ovary ... bracts, styles that are often petal-like or crested, and nectar (when present) is produced from glands on the tepals. ...
... free for about 22 mm. The anthers yellow, spherical. The nectar glands (squamae) are spreading, oblong, 4–5 × 1.5 ...
Pachycarpus campanulatus
Plant... wasps then hang from the centre column in order to get the nectar and in this process, the pollinaria are attached to ...
Kumara genus
Plant... low-growing and stemless with an underground rootstock and strong roots as in K. haemanthifolia , or are trees with ... the corky bark on the stem of Kumara plicatilis , and the strong underground rootstock of K. haemanthifolia . Flowers, ... and pollinate the flowers in their quest for pollen and nectar. It was shown that insects (mostly bees and beetles) ...
Gloriosa rigidifolia
Plant... mm, tip acuminate, ± 2 mm long. It contains an oblong nectar cavity at the base flanked with two keeled ciliate ... flowers are obviously adapted to insect pollination with nectar guides present as keels on the base of the inner side ...
Aristea spiralis
Plant... spiralis is the only species in the genus that secretes nectar from perigonal nectaries at the base of the tepals. It ...
Melianthus major
Plant... a winged rachis, toothed leaflets, a ruffled surface and a strong, unpleasant, nutty odour when touched. The leaves are ... sepals. The nectary produces copious quantities of black nectar. The flowers resupinate when mature, which means that ... are potted up into bags or small pots and grown on until strong enough to be planted out into the garden. The cuttings ...