Protea amplexicaulis flowering in spring on Jonaskop in the Riviersonderend Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

The woody receptacles of Protea amplexicaulis flowerheads with their seed dispersed after a fire in the Bain's Kloof Pass mountains, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Namaqua rock mouse (Aethomys namaquensis) pollinating Protea amplexicaulis. Photographed under artificial conditions but is a vaild representation of authentic behaviour. This Protea amplexicaulis flowerhead was collected in winter on Jonaskop in the Riviersonderend Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa, where this behaviour was originally studied. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]