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Gladiolus papilio
Plant... purple blotches with a yellow crescent. These patterns are nectar guides, which attract pollinators. Flowering time is ...
Brunsvigia josephinae
Plant... flowers are tubular, measuring 15mm long and produce nectar, which is enjoyed by sugarbirds. The fruiting body is ... 650 mm long. The flowers are thus perfectly advertised to nectar-eating sugarbirds who pollinate the flowers. Seeds are ... insect-eating birds to the garden since sunbirds are nectar feeders, not insectivorous! Alternatively a systemic ...
Welwitschia mirabilis
Plant... a sterile, modified pistil-like structure, which exudes nectar (50% sugar content) from a modified stigma-like ... The female cone has exposed stigmas and also produces a nectar droplet. Cone-bearing plants are often wind ... as it produces smaller amounts of pollen, with the nectar to attract insects, and the flowers open in succession ...
Strumaria
Plant... striped on the outside and they produce copious amounts of nectar in three large droplets or wells at the base of the ... or even three-winged. Each of these forms helps to hold nectar in slightly different ways. Thin-walled capsules, ... in diameter. The perfect symmetry and abundant supply of nectar make the flowers accessible and attractive to a wide ...
Acmadenia macropetala
Plant... of the flower's five petals has a noticeable dark pink nectar guide leading to the center of the flower. The petals ... and other insects are attracted to the bush for its nectar and responsible for pollination. Buchu seed are ...
Barringtonia racemosa
Plant... scent produced by the flowers at night attract moths and nectar-feeding bats. After the flowers (petals and stamens) ... are often crowded with ants that are attracted to the nectar. It is the larval food plant for the butterfly ...
Aloe melanacantha
Plant... around August-September. Aloe melanacantha produces nectar and is pollinated by sun birds as well as winged and ... are small enough to enter the flower tube in which the nectar is stored. After fertilization, the fruit, which is a ...
Aloe pearsonii
Plant... normally around February to March. Aloe pearsonii produces nectar and is pollinated by sugarbirds as well as winged and ... are small enough to enter the flower tube in which the nectar is stored. After fertilization, the fruit, which is a ...
Watsonia strictiflora
Plant... in the lower part and strongly curved above, and contains nectar in its base. The three stamens are bent downwards and ... flowers, inserts the proboscis for a few seconds, sucks up nectar, withdraws and flies off. Black-and-yellow Lunate ...
Gladiolus oppositiflorus
Plant... body length of the fly, and is ideally adapted to reach nectar at the bottom of the long narrow perianth tube. The ... towards the inner parts of the flower and are called nectar guides. Although the flies may visit different species ...