Pincushions (Leucospermum erubescens) naturally rare, flowering in spring in the Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden, Cape Town. South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Leucospermum erubescens flowering in spring on Garcias Pass in the Langeberg Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

A male Southern double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) calling on a cultivated Pincushion (Leucospermum erubescens) flowerhead in the Kirstenbosch Gardens on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) on the flowerhead of a Leucospermum erubescens, under cultivation in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]