Haemanthus lanceifolius Jacq.

Bulb solitary or clumped, small, ovoid, more or less round in cross section, up to 50 mm diam.; tunics unequal, imbricate, with oblique margins, cream-coloured, mostly covered with dark brown withered remains. Leaves 2, adpressed to the ground, appearing after the inflorescence; blade oblong to elliptical, 70-150 mm long, 50-95 mm wide, flat, leathery; adaxial surface dark green, roughish; abaxial surface light green, immaculate, or occasionally speckled with red, smooth; margin cartilaginous varying from smooth to fringed and maroon to hyaline; apex obtuse to subacute. Peduncle slender, up to 180 mm long, 4-8 mm wide across greatest diam., pale to deep pink, sometimes marbled, slightly rough or smooth. Umbel very lax, becoming more or less hemispherical, 25-60 mm across. Spathe valves 6-7, spreading, soon becoming reflexed, shorter or as long as the flowers, narrowly triangular, 15-24 mm long, 2.5-11 mm broad at the base, pink, membranous. Flowers 20-65, pale pink or white and fading to pale pink. Pedicels 5-20 mm long, pink. Perianth 6-9 mm long; tube 1-2 mm long gradually widening upwards; segments widely spreading, linear, 5-7 mm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide; tips obtuse. Filaments exserted up by to 8 mm, white to pink. Anthers 1-1.5 mm long when open, yellow. Ovary more or less subglobose, 1-2 mm diam., green to deep pink. Style as long as the stamens. Berries ovoid, 10-11 mm diam., pink, pulpy and aromatic when ripe. Seeds 1-2, ovoid, up to 6 mm diam., turning dark wine-coloured.