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Protea laurifolia
Plant... is pollinated by the Sugarbird, Promerops cafer. Nectar is found at the base of each flower. To get to it, the ... to push its head between the massed flowers to reach the nectar at the base; while doing this, pollen is rubbed off ... the protea beetle, which comes in search of pollen and nectar. The protea beetles are large and brush the pollen ...
Erica halicacaba
Plant... by Orange-breasted Sunbirds who visit the flowers for nectar. To reach nectar without robbing, a bird can only enter through the ... hole cut in the side of the corolla in order to access the nectar. Myrmicaria nigra ants have been observed and recorded ...
Grona setigera
Plant... lands on the keel part of the flower and probes for nectar, it disturbs or trips the flower, which exposes the ... signal to pollinators that the flower has been visited and nectar is no longer available, as a result, nectar is not wasted as it is very costly for the plants to ...
Brachylaena discolor
Plant... the lovely silver undersides of the leaves. Masses of nectar rich creamy-white flowers are grouped in 7 to 50 ... in flower, the entire tree is covered in flowers. Being nectar rich they attract bees, birds and other insects that come to feed on the nectar or on the insects attracted by the nectar. The seed is ...
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. ...
Protea obtusifolia
Plant... is pollinated by the Sugarbird, Promerops cafer. Nectar is found at the base of each flower. To get to it, the ... the protea beetle, which comes in search of pollen and nectar. The protea beetles are large and brush the pollen ... but are not the main pollinator. Sunbirds also feed on the nectar, but they do not effect pollination as they `cheat' by ...
Schotia afra var. afra
Plant... have a destructive root system. It is ideal for attracting nectar-seeking birds during the hot, dry, Western Cape ... summer vegetation. Flowers produce copious amounts of nectar which attract birds, especially the Lesser Double ... edible. The word huil ("cry" in English) is due to the nectar that drips or weeps from the flowers. Schotia afra ...
Kniphofia ensifolia
Plant... where they are not damaged. The flowers are rich in sweet nectar which is relished by nectiferous birds especially sunbirds. Insects are also attracted by the nectar and they in turn attract insectivorous birds to the ... perennial planting in the foreground. The attractive, nectar-rich, spring flowers also draw birds to the garden. ...
Pentanisia prunelloides
Plant... Butterflies and moths use their long tongues to reach the nectar in the bottom of the tubular flower, and in the ...
Erica urna-viridis
Plant... protection against insects intent on robbing the flower of nectar by boring holes in the side of the corolla. The inflated flower narrows at the mouth and nectar is thought to be collected by hovering insects using ... corolla. (pers. observation) Insects robbing the flower of nectar presumably cause the damage, as there is little ...