Brunsvigia gregaria

Brunsvigia gregaria, sometimes called the Albany candelabra flower, is a bulbous plant endemic to the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Reaching 20-40 cm tall, it bears 4-8 prostrate, tongue-shaped leaves that are dry at flowering time, edged in red or pale red. Unusually for the genus, it flowers in summer rather than autumn: a dense, hemispherical umbel of 20-40 pink to crimson flowers, with tepals spreading or curving upward and marked with characteristic dark veins, opens on a leafless stalk. Three-angled, heavily ribbed capsules follow flowering. It is grown in full sun, on well-drained soil, with a rest period after flowering followed by winter leaf growth.