Strumaria truncata inflorescence

The Strumaria truncata inflorescence is a compact, umbel-shaped head of flowers at the end of a slender, naked peduncle or scape, about 30 cm long. The erect scape is slightly laterally compressed.

Two oblong and point-tipped spathe valves persist at the tip of the scape, although by now redundant. They held all the buds together before flowering.

From six to fifteen flowers usually form one inflorescence. Flowering happens from before midautumn until early winter.

When fruiting, the pedicels lengthen and turn up, the ovaries erect as they expand into the initially bright green and later reddish-brown capsules.

The fleshy seeds drop to the ground upon ripening and promptly germinate (Manning and Goldblatt, 1997; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist; JSTOR; https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org; http://pza.sanbi.org; http://www.llifle.com).