Haemanthus unifoliatus Snijman

Bulb solitary, globose to obclavate, circular in cross section or somewhat compressed in the median plane, up to 55 mm across; tunics unequal, in overlapping horizontal layers, whitish, usually covered with withered brown remains. Leaf 1, rarely 2, erect or curved sideways, appearing after the inflorescence; blade narrowly to broadly obovate or elliptic, 100-200(-490) mm long, 25-90(-135) mm wide at the middle, narrowing to 5-15(-30) mm at the base, flat; both surfaces light green, minutely speckled with red towards the base, densely or thinly tomentose; margin often red; apex acute or obtuse, glabrous. Peduncle slender, erect, up to 180 mm long, 4-10 mm across greatest diam., pale scarlet, immaculate or very faintly spotted, glabrous or sparsely covered with soft retrorse hairs. Umbel compact, narrowly obovoid, 18-50 mm across. Spathe valves 4-6, erect, shorter or longer than the flowers, oblong-lanceolate or obovate, 20-45 mm long, 6-25 mm wide, scarlet, stiff but not fleshy; tips obtuse to acute. Flowers 6-30, scarlet with white on the tube and tips. Pedicels (3-)5-12 mm long, white to reddish. Perianth 13-25 mm long; tube 2-5 mm long, gibbose at the base of each segment; segments erect, linear to narrowly lanceolate or spathulate, 11-21 mm long, 1-3 mm wide; tips obtuse to acute. Filaments exserted by up to 8 mm, white. Anthers about 1.5 mm long when open, yellow. Ovary subglobose, 2-3 mm diam., green. Style equalling the stamens. Berries ovoid, about 13 mm diam., becoming soft, pulpy and translucent, white to pale pink. Seeds ovoid to spherical, 8-10 mm diam., turning dark wine-coloured.