The rare Mimetes fimbriifolius flowering in late spring in south-easter cloud on the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

The Cape Peninsula endemic, Mimetes fimbrifolius, flowering in early summer in the southern Cape Peninsula with False Bay beyond, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Mimetes fimbriifolius flowering in spring on the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

A male Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) on the rare Mimetes fimbriifolius flowering in late spring on the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

A male Orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea) probing for nectar, and pollinating, a flowerhead of Mimetes fimbriifolius in the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]