Green and purplish red, fleshy fruits are compactly together in this Serruria elongata head at the end of October in Fernkloof.
Some twisted black and white flower remains are still present. Appearing more functional or purposeful at this stage are the short, broad bracts subtending each fruit in the cluster. The bracts have protruding, narrowly pointed tips.
There are also narrow, mainly creamy yellow bracts along the stems of the flowerheads and would-be flowerheads, as well as some at the stem bases.
Seeing healthy fruits that will hopefully set seed one day is a good sign in the light of the declining population of a species deemed near threatened (Bean and Johns, 2005; iNaturalist; http://redlist.sanbi.org).