Justicia petiolaris buds and bracts

The Justicia petiolaris inflorescence of the photo portrays a flower and several buds. The information that the filament bases are probably hairy may not stir wide interest. That there is a still closed bud lower than the open flower in the inflorescence, as well as the several buds above it may be more interesting.

Some buds already have off-white, furled corollas visible among the sepals and bracts. The smaller buds at this stage only show the two green components, sepals and bracts. Some of the sepal and bract hairs may be glandular (Pooley, et al, 2025; Manning, 2009; Pooley, 1998; iNaturalist).