Orpine
Hylotelephium telephium
- Flowering period
- September–October
- Nectar
- gut
- Pollen
- mäßig
Orpine flowers in September and October; commercially, the related Hylotelephium spectabile (synonym Sedum spectabile) and the cultivar 'Autumn Joy' are often offered. Nectar good, pollen moderate to medium. The flat flower heads are open, so it is still visited even in cool autumn weather, when deeper flowers have long been left unvisited. British measurements give around 93 micrograms of sugar per flower per day.
Sources (4)
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
- Bienenweiden, Hortipendium
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments
- Tew, Baldock, Morten, Bird, Vaughan, Memmott (2023): A dataset of nectar sugar production for flowering plants found in urban greenspaces