Babiana bainesii tepals in several shades

Many floral shades of Babiana bainesii are shown in the overlapping tepals, compactly presented in the in-your-face flower confusion of this wet flower spike. The whiter tepals are usually the lower lateral pairs of the two-lipped, six-tepalled flowers. Differences in tepal shape and size may relate to the position of a tepal in its corolla or the relative age of its flower.

Some cylindrical dark blue anthers are visible and maybe some style branches as well (Manning, 2009; Shearing and Van Heerden, 2008; Lowrey and Wright, 1987; iNaturalist; Wikipedia; https://wildflowernursery.co.za).