Haworthiopsis attenuata var. attenuata flowers

The Haworthiopsis attenuata var. attenuata flowers are well-spaced, spiralling in the raceme on wiry pedicels.

The tubular buds to the left in picture, white and striped purple-brown, above the usual two open flowers of the raceme, differ from the old flower on the right in two respects: the bulge at the base of the old flower where the ovary is swelling into a fruit is absent in the buds and its browned perianth colour indicating that flowering is a thing of the past is white in the buds. Similarity between bud and old flower perianths lies in the refurled segments, also the retained erect positioning of the earlier stage. The flowers taper smoothly via cone-shaped bases into their pedicels.

The three slightly up-curved segments of the upper lip in the open flower have less curvature than the three of the lower lip. Only the central segment or tepal below shares the coloured band along its centre, found on the upper three.

The tepals are long, narrow and fleshy, showing glimpses of shiny surface cells on the two lateral segments of the lower lip. Stamens and style are nowhere to be seen, both short and included in the tube (Smith, et al, 2017; Scott, 1985; iNaturalist).