Moquiniella rubra uneven bud tube thickness

The about erect, tubular Moquiniella rubra buds in picture are thicker near their yellow-green, blackish or two tone grey-brown tips. Low down there is another short width unevenness associated with a deeper orange colour.

The filaments and styles of the bisexual flowers shrivel but stay up for a time, not coiling quickly as the corolla lobes do. The anthers normally break off from the filament tips during the moment of explosive flower opening, releasing their pollen (Euston-Brown and Kruger, 2023; Shearing and Van Heerden, 2008; iNaturalist; https://www.worldfloraonline.org).