Brunsvigia bosmaniae (live bulb)

Brunsvigia bosmaniae (live bulb)

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Common names: candelabra lily, Maartblom, kandelaar.

 It is a geophyte, up to 400 mm high. It is a deciduous and temperate plant and has a globose bulb with an outer tunic that is characteristically brittle and coppery brown. It has 5 to 6 leaves, with a dark green upper surface and red margins. The leaves are smooth, broad, tongue-shaped and lie flat on the ground when mature, but are leathery and dry when flowering. The foliage is produced after the flowering heads have broken away. This is in contrast to the summer-rainfall region where the vegetative and flowering stages often overlap. The large heads of individual flowers vary in shades of pale to bright pink, with darker keels. Each flower head consists of 20-40 flowers. The outer three stamens are half as long as the inner three. The flowers are slightly tubular. When in flower, the plants are spectacular, and have a narcissus-like scent.  4 year old bulbs.