...Higher up on the plateau our ranger points out the cigarette plant, a flower that requires a specialized tool to extract nectar. Only the orange breasted sugarbird has the curvature right, and so only these birds can pollinate cigarette bushes.
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Friday, September 28, 2007
The Cigarette Bush
...Higher up on the plateau our ranger points out the cigarette plant, a flower that requires a specialized tool to extract nectar. Only the orange breasted sugarbird has the curvature right, and so only these birds can pollinate cigarette bushes.
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