Haemanthus albiflos

Haemanthus albiflos

White Paint Brush Paint Brush Dappled Snowbrush Shaving Brush Plant Elephant’s tongue  White Blood Lily Wit Poeierkwas (A) Gevlekte Poeierkwas (A) Umathunga (X) Uzeneke (Z) Description A tender yet resilient, bulbous geophyte, with an unconventional yet...
Gladiolus dalenii

Gladiolus dalenii

(Syn. G. natalensis / G. psittacinus / G. quartinianus G.dracocephalus) Parrot-beak Gladiolus Parrot Gladiolus Parrot Lily Sword Lily Natal Lily African Gladiolus African Parrot Gladiola Maid-of-the-Mist Dragon’s-head Lily Papegaai Gladiolus (A) Wildeswaardlelie...
Eucomis autumnalis

Eucomis autumnalis

Pineapple Lily Common Pineapple Flower Krulkop (A) Wildepynappel (A) isithithibala esimathunzi (X) umathunga, ukhokho (Z) Description One of the most fascinating and unusual perennial bulbs that you will come across, this hardy and exquisite summer flowering plant is...
Crinum macowanii

Crinum macowanii

Cape Coast lily Cape Lily Sabie Crinum Common Vlei Crinum Common Vlei-lily River Lily  River Crinum Rivierlelie (A) Boslelie (A) Sabielelie (A) intelezi (X) umduze (Z) Description A robust and stately, rather large geophyte, with a variable growth habit over its wide...
Crinum bulbispermum

Crinum bulbispermum

(Syn. Amaryllis bulbisperma / Crinum capense / C. longifolium / C. capense) Orange River Lily Hardy Swamp-lily Vaal River Lily Oranjerivierlelie (A) Vleilelie (A) Vaalrivierlelie (A) umnduze (Z) Mototse (TSW) Description A robust, tender, long-necked epigeal bulb with...
Clivia miniata

Clivia miniata

Clivia Bush Lily Natal Lily St. John’s Lily Fire Lily Boslelie (A) umayime (Z) Ugobeleweni (X) Description A grandiose, herbaceous perennial, not a true bulb, that sends up long, lustrously dark green evergreen leaves from a petite subterranean corm. The corm is often...