Bulb ovoid, 1.5-2 cm diameter, contracted into a neck 2-4 cm long, covered with one or two brown membranous tunics. Leaves absent at or produced during flowering period, linear, shorter than the peduncles, 4-5 mm broad, gradually narrowed to the apex and base. Peduncles one or two from a bulb, 5-25 cm tall, slender, 4 mm diam., hollow. Spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, 3-5 cm long, membranous. Pedicels slender, 1.5-5.5 cm long, suberect. Flowers 3-10 in an umbel, rarely more, nodding; perianth narrowly funnel-shaped, 2.5-3 cm long, very rarely only 2 cm long, divided 1/3 or 1/2 way down, red or yellow, or intermediate shades; tube 1.3-1.8 cm long, slightly curved at the base, evenly expanded to a throat 7-8 mm diam.; lobes 1-1.2 cm long, the outer three lanceolate, with a minutely pubescent incurved apiculus, inner 3 oblong or oblong-lanceolate. Stamens biseriate, the upper three inserted in the perianth-throat; filaments about 3 mm long. Style nearly equal in length to the perianth, trilobed. Flowering time: All year, with a peak in October.
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A herb. A bulb plant. The bulb is 3 cm across. There are 2 or 3 leaves and these reach full size 1-2 months after flowering. The leaves are narrow and taper to both ends. They are 40 cm long by 1 cm wide. The flowering stalk is 20-30 cm long. It is hollow. There can be up to 10 flowers. They are usually turned to 1 side and nodding. The flowers are tube shaped. They are red.
Bulbous herb, up to 250 mm tall. Perianth 25-30 mm long, lobes 10-12 mm long. Leaves linear, shorter than peduncles. Flowers 76-254 mm an umbel, nodding. Flowers red or yellow.
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