Penaea mucronata flowering as best it can

The flowers of this Penaea mucronata plant seen near Hermanus during September cover its stem-tips densely. Each flower sits tightly in the axil of a coloured, boat-shaped, pointed bract, its neighbours all nearby.

In some spikes everything is yellow but in a less than spotless condition. In others the bracts are partly turned pale pink. In the rest the dull pink has more or less taken over, also on the perianth tubes.

The exserted anthers and style wings, first cream then brown, the normal run of things, are mostly past the stage of pollen grain deposits.

The leaves lower down are yellow-green or blue-green with pointy tips and pale margins (Manning, 2007; Bean and John, 2005; Leistner, (Ed.), 2000; Mustart, et al, 1997; iNaturalist).