Watch the BBC video which explains the mechanism
Bee with Stamen - How to Grow a Planet - Episode 2 - BBC Two
THEN check this photo taken at Cape Point - note that the pollen has been released through the small holes at the tips of the anthers
Remarkable although I think I have seen somethign like this before with other anthers, can’t remember which species.
The presenter means “ no other plant THAT WE KNOW OF has developed the mechanism.
(Pressed “reply” too soon). However this is an excellent post to share, M, and from your part of the world.
I heard about this from this month’s Friends of the Cape of Good Hope newsletter, following their monthly walk.
I see that they have posted other observations on their Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/friendsofgoodhope/
Love the shot of oystercatchers, and the Eiland.
There’s an Eiland that wanders in and out of the gardens at Stofbergsfontein (West Coast National Park).
