Leucospermum truncatulum blooming sequence

Starting off fuzzy and grey, the Leucospermum truncatulum flowerheads of each stem-tip cluster are sequenced according to age, seldom appearing like twins or concurrent "multiple births".

Pollinators fed nectar and pollen over a longer season have no complaints about this considerate arrangement. The courtesy ensures food on more of their days. But instant need gratification among the impatient and those incapable of forward thinking is notoriously common, wanting it all now.

The dense style bunches sticking out from the heads in picture tell of floral changes brought by age. All of the stages fascinate, from the woolly buds and young florets to the viable seed set, dispersal and germination in the continuously renewing fynbos (Marais, (Ed.), 2017; Manning, 2007; iNaturalist; http://pza.sanbi.org).