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Mimetes chrysanthus

Plant
Common names: golden pagoda, golden mimetes, gouestompie
Family: Proteaceae

... John Rourke noted orange-breasted sunbirds and carpenter bees foraging in the flower heads and yet the flowers yield ... to be the main attraction. John Rourke suggests that bees might be the main pollinators of this species. The ...

29/04/2002 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Nymania capensis

Plant
Common names: Chinese lanterns, Chinese lantern tree, kipkippers (Eng.); klapperbos, lanternbos, kiepkiepies, oumeidsbos, stuipebos (Afr.)
Family: Meliaceae

... their natural habitat. Nymania capensis is pollinated by bees and bumble bees. The seeds are carried in the puffy capsules some ...

18/04/2005 | | Karoo Desert NBG

Coleus neochilus

Plant
Common names: smelly coleus, blue coleus, lobster flower (Eng.); rotstuinsalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... nutlet. Coleus neochilus flowers are visited by carpenter bees, bees and other flying insects. Coleus neochilus thrives in ...

31/05/2004 | | Lowveld NBG

Pelargonium echinatum

Plant
Common names: prickly-stemmed pelargonium
Family: Geraniaceae

... flower from May until November. Pollination is done by bees, bumble bees and sometimes moths. At the Karoo Desert Garden in ...

26/07/2004 | | Karoo Desert NBG

Ochna

Plant
Common names: wild planes, mickey-mouse plants
Family: Ochnaceae

... With such attractive flowers in all species of Ochna, bees and butterflies are favourite companions of these ... the flowering season a chorus of melodies is heard as bees visit to draw out nectar. The art of colour exhibition ...

03/08/2009 | | Pretoria NBG

Dombeya cymosa

Plant
Common names: small-flowered dombeya, smooth wild pear, Natal dombeya, Natal wild pear, hairless dombeya (Eng.); gladdeblompeer, Nataldrolpeer, gladdedrolpeer (Afr.); umwuwane (isiSwati); umsengathi, uzingathi (isiXhosa); ibunda, igcibo (isiZulu)
Family: Malvaceae

... is self-compatible, but the flowers are also pollinated by bees and butterflies. The honey produced by bees from this plant, is reported to be excellent. Malvaceae ...

27/04/2015 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Salvia dentata

Plant
Common names: Toothed sage (Eng.); bergsalie, blousalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... visible at the base of the calyx and fall out when ripe. Bees and insects are attracted to Salvia flowers which are adapted to pollination by bees. The lower lip of the flower is a platform on which the ...

29/04/2013 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Trachyandra ciliata

Plant
Common names: hotnotskool, veldkool, wildeblomkool (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... is pleasantly scented. The flowers are pollinated by honey bees and solitary bees that collect pollen and possibly nectar. The seeds are ...

24/08/2009 | | Compton Herbarium

Protea cynaroides

Plant
Common names: King Protea, Giant Protea (Eng.), Reuse Protea, Koningprotea, Grootsuikerroos, Grootsuikerkan, Bergsuikerkan (Afr.), isiQwane esincinci (isiZhosa)
Family: Proteaceae

... feeding birds, such as Sugarbirds and Sunbirds, and by bees and beetles, but it is the birds that pollinate the ... and Protea Beetles and many other insects, including bees, as well as by birds. The birds are attracted by the ...

09/07/2001 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Moraea gigandra

Plant
Common names: grootflappie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... angular seeds. Moraea gigandra is probably pollinated by bees in its natural habitat. In the Kirstenbosch nursery it is regularly visited by bees that are attracted to the striking peacock-blue nectar ...

19/09/2005 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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