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Very few Protea roupelliae subsp.
protea roupelliae plant. The florets are pink and white or cream and brown. The critically endangered Protea roupelliae ssp. Jul 21 2020 Protea roupelliae subsp.
Apr 28 2014 Protea roupelliae Silver Protea in English Silversuikerbos in Afrikaans and seqalaba in Sesotho is a small tree that grows to between 3. 0000 0000 0220 0155. In 2002 there were only about 180 plants growing in the wild.
This photograph is of a reputed Protea roupelliae hamiltonii growing outside the Forestry offices. Explosive flower opening char-. Young leaves are covered in silvery hairs while older leaves are hairless.
This plant is found on grass slopes in close proximity to rocky outcrops usually at altitudes of up to 2400. Silver Sugarbush Protea roupelliae Protea roupelliae subsp. Autumn-winter planting is recommended to maximise root development prior to spring-summer growth.
Protea roupelliae Meisn is one of the most common Protea species in eastern South Africa and exhibits several features associated with ornithophily including dark pink flower bracts diurnal flowering lack of scent and large quantities of dilute nectar Faegri and van der Pijl 1979. Roupelliae has an inflorescence that is about 90 mm wide. The plants at Nelshoogte have not flowered for the last five years and are in imminent danger of extinction.
South African National Botanical Institute Pretoria. The Transvaal sugarbush is listed as Least Concern LC on the Red List of South African Plants as. This category has only the following subcategory.