Moraea albicuspa flower showing pointed outer tepals

    Moraea albicuspa flower showing pointed outer tepals
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Judd Kirkel Welwitch

    In this Moraea albicuspa flower at least one outer tepal pointed tip is visible, conforming to the white tip feature mentioned in the specific name, albicuspa.

    The yellow and dark-spotted nectar guides are small at the outer tepal bases. The erect, bilobed inner tepals are appearing pale grey and spear-shaped, like slender fishes unhappily out of the water.  

    The two leaf-like spathes folding tightly around the flower base are green with some faint brown and leathery in texture (Pooley, 1998; iNaturalist).

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