Bee on end of Bottle Brush Plant
Bee collecting pollen from red bottle brush plant. This plant is native to Australia. The flower spikes of bottlebrushes form in spring and summer and are made up of a number of individual flowers. The pollen of the flower forms on the tip of a long coloured stalk called a filament. It is these filaments which give the flower spike its colour and distinctive 'bottlebrush' shape. The filaments are usually yellow or red, sometimes the pollen also adds a bright yellow flush to the flower spikes. The fruits form clusters along the stem. The seeds are often not released from the fruits for several years, but in some species the fruits open after about a year. Fire also stimulates the opening of the fruits in some bottlebrushes. Each flower has a small woody fruit with hundreds of tiny seeds within it. Brush-like flowerspikes form in late may, June and July dependant on climate. This eye-catching crimson bottlebrush plant likes a sunny shrub border. The leaves release a delicious lemon scent when crushed.
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Location: Paleokastritsa Corfu Ionian Islands Greece Europe
Photo credit: © Christopher Barnes / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: bee, bottlebrushes, bristle, bristles, collection, filament, filaments, growing, honey, insect, laevis, pollen, pollenate, pollenisation, spikey, subulatus
