Haemanthus namaquensis R.A.Dyer

Bulbs forming clumps, large, broadly ovate, laterally compressed, up to 130 mm across, tunics very thick, imbricate and distichous, cream-coloured, with oblique margins; the neck often with a pink blush or pink speckles. Leaves 2, erect, appearing after the inflorescence; blade oblong-lanceolate, 170-450 mm long, 45-110 mm broad at the middle, very thick and tough, flat or somewhat channelled; both surfaces green to glaucous, unmarked or speckled with red towards the base, glabrous; margins more or less sinuate, particularly towards the base; apex acute. Peduncle stout, up to 150 mm long, compressed, 13-15 mm across greatest diam., plain red or slightly mottled, glabrous. Umbel compact, medianly compressed, about 50 mm across. Spathe valves 7-8, erect, as long as or slightly shorter than the flowers, oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-40 mm long, 6-15 mm broad at the middle, red, firm but not fleshy; tips somewhat acute. Flowers about 40, scarlet with whitish tubes and tips. Pedicels 10-20 mm long, pale scarlet to white. Perianth 18-25 mm long; tube 2.5-4 mm long, slightly swollen at the base of each segment; segments erect, narrowly oblong, 5.5-22 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide; tips obtuse. Filaments exserted by up to 9 mm, pale scarlet with white tips. Ovary subglobose 2-4 mm diam., pale green to pale scarlet. Style as long as the stamens. Berries not known.