... Diosma prama has a wide open flower and offers a cup of nectar, and the pollen ripens before the style lengthens: all ... of 1.5 m. Leaves are linear, dull blue-green, with a strong scent when crushed. Flowers white or greenish in ...
... the flowerheads, and probe into the flowers in search of nectar and in so doing their heads or necks come into contact ... the Protea family, they are intolerant of rich soils and strong doses of chemical fertilizers with high nitrogen (N) ...
03/01/2011 | | Kirstenbosch NBG, Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
Common names: Stokoe's klattia, red klattia (Eng.); kwasblom, kwasbos (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae
... respectively. The flowers of Klattia stokoei produce nectar with a low sugar concentration, which causes them to ... a well-drained and dampish area, which is sheltered from strong winds, as this gives the plant enough time to ...
Common names: sun conebush, western sunbush (Eng.)
Family: Proteaceae
... midsummer (December). Both male and female flowers produce nectar from nectaries found inside the perianth tube at the ... adapted to very nutrient-poor soils and will be killed by strong fertilizers and manure. They don't like phosphates ...
