Brunsvigia striata pale flower

In this whitish Brunsvigia striata flower the characteristic dark pink line down the centre of each tepal is still present.

This flower is not quite radially symmetrical (actinomorphic) or round like a daisy, but nearly so; B. striata flowers are usually strongly laterally symmetric (zygomorphic), or two-lipped like orchids or salvias.

The stamens are bunched together and exserted outside the flaring perianth; the filaments curve up, the anthers dark. The ovary is inferior in Brunsvigia flowers, positioned below the base of the tepals.

Bloomtime for the species is late summer to mid-autumn. The pollination is done by carpenter bees (Duncan, et al, 2016; Manning and Goldblatt, 1997; iSpot; www.pacificbulbsociety.org).