Pelargonium leipoldtii umbel

A Pelargonium leipoldtii umbel is many-flowered. The five pale-green sepals, acutely pointed and spreading, are more floral than the small white petal pair with red dots, battling to be noticed.

Even the cluster of red-brown to yellow-brown anthers exceed the petals as pollinator signposts. (But what do we know about the navigational resources and functioning of the multitude of Karoo insect eyes and brains preparing for flower landings?)

The filaments of the stamens appear to be joined in a thickish pale column or sleeve erect in the flower centre, only separating near their tips.

Flowering happens from late winter to after midspring (Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist).