Did You Know?

• Hundreds of football sized Brunsvigia bosmaniae flower heads emerge out of the ground at the same time exactly three weeks after autumn’s first 15mm of rain.
• Brunsvigia bosmaniae flower heads snap at the base and roll across the ground to disperse their pea-sized seeds in the wind.
• There are more than 4,000 seeds in a single fruit of the saguaro cactus.
• The crimson resin that gives the dragon’s blood tree its name is used to cure ailments, decorate houses and even as lipstick.
• Clown fish are sexless apart from the dominant male and female – if the female dies, the male becomes female.