Haemanthus pumilio Jacq.

Bulbs forming clumps, small, narrowly ovoid, strongly compressed laterally, up to 55 mm across; tunics fleshy, imbricate, distichous, cream-coloured; margins oblique, transparent and membranous. Leaves 2, sub-erect, appearing after the inflorescence; blade narrowly ligulate, 55-130 mm long, 2.5-15 mm broad, slightly channelled and twisted, fleshy, glabrous; both surfaces shiny green with red bars near the base of the abaxial surface; apex obtuse. Peduncle slender and somewhat compressed, 45-180 mm long, 3-6 mm across greatest diam., reddish-pink, sometimes slightly marbled, glabrous. Umbel lax and spreading, broadly obconical, 10-50 mm across. Spathe valves 4-6, spreading apart, shorter or as long as the flowers, narrowly triangular, 10-30 mm long, 3-10 mm wide, pale to deep pink, membranous. Flowers 4-25, pale pink to rose-pink. Pedicels 3-15 mm long, pale green to pink or reddish-pink. Perianth 8-12 mm long; tube 1-1.5 mm long, gradually widening upwards; segments spreading, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 6.5-11 mm long, 1-2 mm wide; tip obtuse to acute. Filaments erect, exserted by up to 5 mm, pale to deep pink. Anthers 1-1.5 mm long when open, yellow. Ovary subglobose, 1.5-2 mm diam., green to reddish-pink. Style slightly exceeding the stamens. Berries ovoid, about 10 mm diam., becoming reddish-pink, firm and fleshy. Seeds 1-4, ovoid, about 5 mm diam., turning dark wine-coloured.