Ferraria divaricata black style brush

The flowers of Ferraria divaricata usually grow in sequence in small clusters called rhipidia. A rhipidium is a fan-shaped cyme in which successive flower pedicels emerge in a zigzag sequence in the same plane, alternating on opposite sides of the peduncle.

The corolla cup is deep and rounded, the rim triangular before the upper tepal parts spread. Flower colour varies considerably, including blue-green, grey, brown or yellow, often with added purplish blue or green in the tepal midzones and brown or green along the crisped, sometimes wavy margins.

The scented flowers last for about a day. Flower diameter is about 5,5 cm. Flowering happens from before midwinter through spring (Le Roux, et al, 2005; Leistner, (Ed.), 2000; Manning and Goldblatt, 1996; iNaturalist).