Brunsvigia radulosa lowest flowers first

    Brunsvigia radulosa lowest flowers first
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Judd Kirkel Welwitch

    The pattern of Brunsvigia radulosa flower opening is lowermost buds first, the upper ones waiting their turn. The pedicel elongation seems to lag a bit behind that of the bud perianths.

    The thickening below the perianths where the inferior ovaries assume their triangular three-segmented shape, accommodating three-locular seed-producing facilities, is well underway even in the shorter buds.

    Tepal tips of some open flowers in picture are recurving, on others not yet. There is a dull coloured central tepal stripe present on the open flowers here (Duncan, et al, 2016; Pooley, 1998; iNaturalist; https://pza.sanbi.org).

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