Brunsvigia x herrei F.M.Leight. ex W.F.Barker

Bulb large 10 cm diam., covered with cartilaginous tunics, neck and upper part of bulb exposed. Leaves 6, hysteranthous, up to 20 cm long and 9 cm broad, oblong obtuse, glaucous green with narrow red margins; erect when young, finally spreading. Peduncle green, slightly compressed, up to 23 cm high, 1 x 5 cm diam. Spathe valves 2, ovate, pale greenish fawn, 6 cm long, 3-5 cm broad. Umbel up to 40-flowered. Pedicels pale green up to 18 cm long, 5 mm diam near base, tapered above, radiating to form a globose head. Perianth pale delicate pink with deeper veins and pale greenish keels; segments regular, oblong obtuse, up to 5-5 cm long and 1-2 cm broad; tube deep pink at base, 3 mm long. Stamens declinate, in two distinct rows, the longest shorter than the perianth, the rest half as long; filaments without appendages, adnate to the perianth tube; anthers 5 mm long before dehiscing. Style eventually slightly longer than the stamens. Ovary obtusely angled when young, ovate, 6 mm diam., becoming acutely 3-angled, oldest 1-3 cm broad when the last bud had opened. Capsule when fully developed not seen.