Cyanella hyacinthoides bigger and smaller bracts

In profile, the Cyanella hyacinthoides or blue ladieshand flower faces outwards, the upper part of its pedicel curved up. The pedicel is subtended at its base by a long, narrow, triangular bract with acutely pointed tip. A smaller bract can be seen halfway up, emerging from the upper side of the pedicel.

The tepals are here more flexed back than merely spreading, showing a glimpse of the yellow, finger-like anthers forming the hand of arched anthers in the flower centre.

The leaf visible below has a smooth surface with a distinct crisping pattern along its margins (Le Roux, et al, 2005; Manning and Goldblatt, 1997; iNaturalist).