Disa cylindrica curving, twisted bracts

The tapering bract below each flower of Disa cylindrica curves inwards towards its tip and stands a little taller than the corresponding flowers dorsal sepal. The bract is also forced sideways, turned by the body of the open flower as seen here.

The upper cluster of bracts cohering closely in the apical bunch above the topmost developed flower are still free of this sideways orientation. Bracts and upper sepals appear equally fleshy in the photo. Some straight veins are visible upon the glistening surfaces of both bracts and the dorsal sepals beside them in the inflorescence shown here (Liltved and Johnson, 2012).