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Colchicum

Plant
Common names: cup and a saucer, men-in-a-boat (Eng.); bobbejaanskoen (Afr.)
Family: Colchicaceae

... species have curious, cupped tepal limbs, which hold the nectar, and often broad, colourful floral bracts that ...

16/01/2006 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Drosanthemum aasvoelbergense

Plant
Common names: Aasvoelberg mesemb (Eng.); Aasvoelberg-douvygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... becoming 5–8 mm long, whitish, densely papillate. The nectar glands dark green and in a marginal ring. The capsule ...

25/03/2024 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ledebouria inquinata

Plant
Common names: wild African hyacinth (Eng.); bokhoe (Sesotho.); icubudwana (isiZulu.); inqwebebane, ubuhlungu (isiXhosa.)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... since systemic insecticide can be transferred to the nectar, where it may affect bees. Consequently, the use of ...

17/05/2021 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

Erica cameronii

Plant
Common names: Hex River heath, Cameron heath, crimson heath (Eng.); heksrivierheide (Afr.)
Family: Ericaceae

... insert their beaks into the corolla tube to feed on the nectar at its base, and in so doing, come into contact with ...

22/06/2015 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Bruguiera gymnorrhiza

Plant
Common names: black mangrove (Eng.); swartwortelboom (Afr.); isiKhangazi, isi Hlobane (isiZulu); isiKhangathi (isiXhosa); m'tumansi, setaca (Mozambique, language unspecified); muia (kiSwahili)
Family: Rhizophoraceae

... is bird-pollinated, which would make sense of the copious nectar secreted by the flowers. However, it seems that Black ...

24/10/2005 | | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium

Ceropegia sandersonii

Plant
Common names: giant ceropegia, Sanderson’s ceropegia, Sanderson’s canopy flower, parachute flower, trumpet flower, fountain flower (Eng.); sambreelblom (Afr.)
Family: Apocynaceae

... are attracted from a distance by the odour or the nectar, sometimes sweet but usually putrid smelling. Once in ...

16/12/2019 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Leucadendron sessile

Plant
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 ...

11/08/2008 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Cotyledon tanquana

Plant
Common names: Tanqua cotyledon (Eng.); tankwaplakkie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... oblong, 2 × 1 mm, which is a unique feature. Squamae are nectar glands at the base of the floral tube. Most parts of ...

17/08/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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