Erythrina humeana inflorescence

The long, narrow racemes of Erythrina humeana grow at stem tips or from leaf axils. Flowers are produced upon new growth, arriving when leaves have already appeared. An inflorescence may reach 10 cm in length, becoming as long as the bare peduncles, the stalks that support them. Another source makes it 30 cm. Environmental factors, plant age, geographical region, intraspecies variation and sampling methods clearly play a role. 

The short sepals may tend towards orange, their pointed tips veering away from the corollas. The standard petal encloses the rest of the petals and for a time the stamens. The flowers fade to wine red (Coates Palgrave, 2002; Van Wyk and Van Wyk, 1997; Pooley, 1993; iNaturalist).