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Protea humiflora (Patent-leaf sugarbush) Life
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Protea humiflora flowering in spring on
Jonaskop in the Riviersonderend Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa.
[photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Namaqua rock mouse (Aethomys namaquensis)
pollinating Protea humiflora. Photographed under artificial
conditions but is a vaild representation of authentic behaviour. This
Protea humiflora flowerhead was collected in winter on Jonaskop in
the Riviersonderend Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. |
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