Tube Pagodas - Mimetes

Conical Pagoda - Mimetes capitulatis

Habit: An erect rounded, gnarled shrub to 2m tall
Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive
Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower
Flowers: June - December, peaking in August
Pollinator: Bird
Fruit: Released 2-6 months after flowering
Seed dispersal: Ants
Seed storage: Underground in ants nests
Rarity status: Rare
Habitat: Swampy, south upper slopes, 600-1200m
Distribution: Isolated patches in the Kogelberg, Paardeberg, Groenland and Klein Rivier Mountains

Marsh Pagoda - Mimetes hirtus

Habit: An erect shrub to 2.5m tall
Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive
Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower
Flowers: May - November
Pollinator: Bird
Fruit: Released 2 months after flowering
Seed dispersal: Ants
Seed storage: Underground in ants nests
Rarity status: Vulnerable due to Cape Town and coastal resourts
Habitat: Sandy swamps and vlei edges, 0-400m.
Distribution: Peninsula and Betty's Bay to Elim

Threeflower Pagoda - Mimetes pauciflorus

Threeflower Pagoda - Photo: David Osborne

Habit: An erect sparsely branched shrub 2-4m tall
Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive
Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower
Flowers: August to November, mainly September
Pollinator: Bird
Fruit: Released 2-6 months after flowering
Seed dispersal: Ants
Seed storage: Underground in ants nests
Rarity status: Rare
Habitat: Montane southern moist slopes, 450-1400m
Distribution: Outeniqua to Tsitsikamma Mountains

Cryptic Pagoda - Mimetes palustris

Habit: A low, almost erect shrub up to 1m tall
Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive
Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower
Flowers: All year, mainly July - November
Pollinator: Bird
Fruit: Released 2-6 months after flowering
Seed dispersal: Ants
Seed storage: Underground in ants nests
Rarity status: Rare
Habitat: Swampy moist slopes, 600-900m
Distribution: Klein River Mountains between Hermanus and Stanford

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