Beneath the spadix is the spathe, a type of bract. The spadix is typically surrounded by a leaf-like curved bract known as a spathe. The greenish-yellow inflorescence is produced on a spadix about long, enclosed in a white spathe. The small, petalless flowers are on a spadix that is enclosed within a spathe. The tail-like spadix grows out around the top of its spathe. The spadix is more often than not white and shorter than the spathe. The flowers are produced in a horizontal inflorescence emerging from a stout spathe. Prior to opening, the inflorescence is enclosed within a leaf-like spathe. The spathe tends to be waxy and is usually bicolored. The cincinni are subtended by a spathe, a modified leaf. The hard, beak-like sheath from which the flower emerges is termed the "spathe". As the spathe wilts, the female flowers lose receptivity to pollination. "Habranthus tubispathus" in the Amaryllidaceae derives its specific name from its tuberous spathe. Cultivars have a wide variety of other spathe colours including orange and purple. Inside the spathe, the throat may be darkly coloured.