Brunsvigia bosmaniae buds

The buds of a Brunsvigia bosmaniae inflorescence, the forerunners of all the flowers that will populate one umbel later, are present as oblong to ridged cylinders cohering closely on initially short pedicels.

They are held together by a pair of spathe bracts that served as protection when pushed up from the underground bulb. At picture time they were compactly together at the top of the thick, somewhat flattened peduncle that elongates vigorously to bring them to light and aloft (Duncan, et al, 2016; Manning, 2007; iNaturalist).