I AM totally fed up with winter now. Everything looks gloomy, It’s wet, snowy, windy and freezing. Is it only me that feels like we have been under a constant cloud since November? My one solace is ...

The Strelitzia reginae or bird of paradise is a dramatic plant with a very distinctive appearance. In South Africa, bird of paradise is also known as the crane flower, because it resembles a brightly ...

The pollen wall of Strelitzia reginae (Musaceae) consists of a nearly unsculptured, very thin, highly reduced, but coherent exine, and a thick intine (with an outer, channeled layer and an inner, ...

The role of sunbirds (Nectariniidae) in the pollination ecology of Strelitzia nicolai (Musaceae) was studied for one year in a coastal dune forest in Zululand, South Africa. It was found that S.