Hemimeris sabulosa flower

The two-lipped flower of Hemimeris sabulosa has two patches of brown-red dots on the lobes of the upper lip. Two tubular pouches point inwards over the flower centre below the upper lip.

The two stamens flanking the style extend across the base of the concave, lower lip of the corolla. Their large, oblong anthers are notably curved in picture and cream-coloured.

To the left of the open flower there is another, old one lacking corolla but bearing its shiny ovary above the five pointed sepals of the calyx. The dull yellow style is alone there, the male floral parts already departed as has the corolla.

The narrow, about oblong leaf in picture is round-tipped and angularly toothed before tapering into the petiole (Manning and Goldblatt, 1997; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; JSTOR; iNaturalist).