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Lachenalia viridiflora Life
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> Family: Asparagaceae > Genus:
Lachenalia
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Lachenalia viridiflora, flowering in winter
on granite. Cape West Coast, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Ecological interactions
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A male Southern double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris
chalybeus), pollinating Lachenalia viridiflora flowering
in spring at St Helena Bay on the Cape West Coast, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
A male Southern double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris
chalybeus), showing yellow pectoral tufts, and with pollen of
Lachenalia viridiflora on its beak in spring at St Helena Bay on
the Cape West Coast, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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