Cyrtanthus huttonii Baker

Bulb 3-6 cm in diam., contracted gradually into a neck, giving a total length of 9-20 cm, increasing by budding from the base. Leaves 2 or 3, contemporary with the flowers, 50-60 cm long, 2.5-4 cm broad, tapering gradually to the apex. Peduncle 35-45 cm tall, 1-1.5 cm thick, hollow. Spathe-valves 2, oblong-lanceolate, up to 6 cm long. Pedicels slender, nearly as long to longer than the spathe-valves. Flowers 12-20 in an umbel under normal conditions, nodding or often more or less pendulous on one side of the peduncle; perianth 3.5-4.5 cm long, orange red to dark red; tube curved near the base, gradually dilated above to a throat 6-8 mm diam., 2.5-3 cm long; lobes oblong, 1-1.5 cm long, 4-5 mm broad, slightly spreading. Stamens biseriate; filaments short, slightly exserted from the tube. Style not as long as the perianth, trifid.