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Mimetes stokoei (Mace pagoda) Life
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The last five remaining plants of the major
population of Mimetes stokoei on the 19th March 2009 in the
Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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The critically rare Mimetes stokoei
flowering in autumn in the Kogelberg mountains, Western Cape, South
Africa. [photos
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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A female Malachite sunbird (Nectarinia
famosa) on a flowerhead of one of the last five remaining plants
of Mimetes stokoei on the 19th of March 2009 in the Kogelberg
Biosphere Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
A female Cape sugarbird (Promerops
cafer) pollinating Mimetes stokoei on Perdeberg in the
Kogelberg, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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A male Orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes
violacea) perched on the critically rare Mimetes stokoei
flowering in late summer in the Kogelberg, Western Cape, South Africa.
[photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
A female Orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes
violacea) pollinating a flowerhead of the critically rare
Mimetes stokoei flowering in late summer in the Kogelberg, Western
Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Endemic to Kogelberg Nature Reserve. Thought to have been extinct until its
re-discovery in 2001. See Slingsby, P. and Johns, A. 2009. Redemption - the
continuing story of Mimetes stokoei. Veld and Flora 95(3): 136-139.
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