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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

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

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

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

Salvia lanceolata

Plant
Common names: rusty sage, lance-leaf sage (Eng.); rooisalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... out when dry and ripe. The flowers of many salvias attract bees, and are adapted to the bees to carry out pollination. The lower lip of the flower is ...

01/09/2008 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Thamnochortus insignis

Plant
Common names: Albertinia thatching reed (Eng.); dekriet, mannetjiesriet (Afr.)
Family: Restionaceae

... The male flowers produce pollen in such large amounts that bees come and collect the pollen to use in the beehives and during a still day the droning of the bees around the plant can be heard clearly. Restionaceae ...

16/04/2001 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Salvia disermas

Plant
Common names: wild giant sage, Transvaal sage Eng.; grootsalie, teesalie Afr.; mogasane (Tswana)
Family: Lamiaceae

... visible at the base of the calyx and fall out when ripe. Bees and insects are attracted to salvia flowers. The ... to visiting pollinators. The flowers are adapted to the bees to carry out pollination. The lower lip of the flower is ...

26/01/2009 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Barleria ovata

Plant
Common names: grassland barleria (Eng.); iningizimebomvu (isiZulu)
Family: Acanthaceae

... of barlerias have a lot of nectar, therefore attracting bees and nectar-collecting birds. While collecting nectar ... showy flowers that are full of nectar that attracts bees, birds and other nectar-seeking organisms. Barlerias in ...

25/08/2014 | | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Ledebouria ovatifolia subsp. ovatifolia

Plant
Common names: flat-leaved African hyacinth (Eng.); icubudwana (isiZulu); untanganazibomvu (isiXhosa)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... pollinated by most visiting insects, although honey bees have been seen visiting the flowers, as well as butterflies, solitary bees and several other small insects. The black to brownish ...

18/04/2016 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

Virgilia

Plant
Common names: blossom tree, amaqua tree (Eng.); keurboom, amakwasboom (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

... attract many insectsand birds, such as sunbirds, carpenter bees, honey bees and ants.Also, many birds such as doves and white-eyes ...

18/08/2003 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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