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Wahlenbergia cuspidata

Plant
Common names: None recorded
Family: Campanulaceae

... flower design. Social honeybees and solitary Lipotriches bees are the main pollinators. The flowers offer nectar to ... flowers are in the female phase. The solitary Lipotriches bees frequently overnight on flowers. Campanulaceae In ...

01/09/2014 | | Compton Herbarium, KwaZulu-Natal 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

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

Pseudoscolopia polyantha

Plant
Common names: false red pear ( Eng. ); valsrooipeer (Afr
Family: Salicaceae

... are very attractive to humans as well as the local honey bees and solitary bees that visit the flowers (G. Nichols pers. comm.). ...

14/07/2008 | | CREW

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

Scabiosa drakensbergensis

Plant
Common names: Drakensberg scabious, pincushion (Eng.); koringblom (Afr.)
Family: Dipsacaceae

... wind. Flowers are popular with insects, particularly with bees and butterflies, which in turn attract insectivorous ... is a wonderful plant to have in a Birds, Butterflies and Bees Garden.   A most rewarding herbaceous perennial that is ...

23/01/2012 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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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