Eucomis bicolor BULB
Family: Hyacinthaceae
Common name: Pineapple lily
It is a summer-growing, deciduous bulbous plant, growing in clumps of up to 1 m high. Leaves are about 60 – 100 mm, often having purple spots at the base and purplish red, wavy margins. The hollow flower stem has purple spots or stripes, and grows up to 450 mm high. The un-branched inflorescence is 60-100 mm long; it is then enthroned by a large overhanging tuft of floppy leafy bracts with a reddish purple margin. These are mature flowering size bulbs and about 7 – 10cm in diametre.