Tui De Roy / Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) female on Protea (Protea sp) flower, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) male on Protea (Protea sp) flower, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) male on Protea (Protea sp) flower, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) male on Protea (Protea sp) flower, Kenya

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Protea (Protea sp) flower, UCSC Arboretum, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Gerry Ellis / Dagger-leaf (Protea mucronifolia) in lowland fynbos, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) male perching on protea flowers, Helderberg Nature Reserve, South Africa

NEIL NIGHTINGALE / David Attenborough with (Protea sp) plant, Cape Point, South Africa, on location for BBC Private Life of Plants, 1993

Gerry Ellis / Cape Sugarbird (Promerops cafer) male perching on Protea flowers (Mimetes protea), Kirstenbosch Garden, South Africa

Gerry Ellis / King Protea (Protea cynaroides) bract and flower, native to South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Sugarbush flowers {Protea sp} De Hoop NR, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Amethyst Sunbird (Amethyst Sunbird) male on King Protea (Protea cynaroides) flower, Western Cape, South Africa