Lachenalia membranacea leaf spots

    Lachenalia membranacea leaf spots

    The solitary leaf of Lachenalia membranacea here borne near the ground is about oblong, its normally tapering upper part lost in earlier life. The leaf-base sheathes the stem loosely.

    The leaf spots are variable in size, shape and distribution, dull purple in colour on the grey-green blade. Faint, parallel vein lines are just discernible on the leaf as well.

    The flowers in picture appear in three distinct groups: The old ones below have faded, pale purple-brown perianths. The open ones in the mid-section of the spike are multicoloured with conspicuously whitish lower perianth parts. The upper ones, pink-purple and narrowly tubular, did not develop fully and don’t appear as if a normal floral life awaits them (iNaturalist; www.pacificbulbsociety.org).