 Flowering begins in February and is usually finished by the end of June . The species has an unusually low rate of flowering : even at the peak of its flowering season , it averages less than seven inflorescences per plant flowering at any one time . Individual flowers open sequentially from bottom to top within each inflorescence , the rate varying with the time of day : more flowers open during the day than at night , with a peak rate of around two to three florets per hour during the first few hours of daylight , when honeyeater foraging is also at its peak . 
