Haemanthus nortieri Isaac

Bulbs clumped, obovoid-globose, medianly compressed, up to 100 mm across, tunics unequal, in overlapping horizontal layers, cream-coloured, covered with dark brown papery remains. Leaf solitary or rarely 2, erect, appearing after the inflorescence; blade obovate to broadly spathulate, 130-200 mm long, 40-150 mm wide above, narrowed to 15-50 mm at the base, flat, thick and leathery; both surfaces dull green, flushed with red towards the base, somewhat scabrid and sticky to the touch; margin red or green; apex obtuse. Peduncle stout, slightly compressed, up to 300 mm long, 80-150 mm across greatest diam., deep red, immaculate, somewhat scabrid to the touch, especially towards the base. Umbel compact, narrowly to broadly cyathiform, 30-70 mm across. Spathe valves 5-8, erect, longer than or equalling the flowers, ovate-lanceolate, 20-50 mm long, 6-25 mm wide, red to deep dusky-rose, somewhat leathery; tips acuminate. Flowers 40-60, pale scarlet, paler towards the tube. Pedicels 10-15 mm long, rosy. Perianth 14-18 mm long; tube 2-3 mm long, widening gradually upwards; segments erect, narrowly oblong, 11-16 mm long, 1-1.5 mm broad; tips obtuse. Filaments exserted by up to 11 mm, reddish with white tips. Anthers 1.5-2 mm long, yellow. Ovary subglobose, about 2 mm diam., green with a reddish blush. Style as long as the stamens. Berries spheroid, about 10 mm diam., reddish-maroon. Seeds ovoid, about 5 mm diam., dark wine-coloured.