Strelitizia reginae and Cinnyris afra, number six in a series of nine prints entitled The Pollinators, by Sue Mason. Each print is based on a picture from the Kew Archives and commemorates a famous scientist associated with the beginning of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Others accessioned as 948a-c)The design is based on a picture by Sydenham Edwards from Curtis Notantical Magazine 1790. The sunbirds featured are common in gardens in South Africa.Pollination by birds is called Ornithophily.Printed from Indian ink drawings on Arche 300 gm watercolour hot pressed paper. The original is on permenant display in the Library at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.