Brunsvigia josephinae
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Brunsvigia josephinae (candelabra lily) is a deciduous, subtropical flowering plant of the genus Brunsvigia and family Amaryllidaceae. It is native to South Africa.
B. josephinae is about 0.65 m tall when flowering. Its bulbs are some 200 mm in diameter and usually exposed. Leaves appear only in winter; they are blueish grey, about 600 x 200 mm, and typically range from 8-20 leaves per plant. Dark red, tubular flowers appear in late summer to autumn; they are 15 mm long atop stalks approximately 650 mm long, with 30-40 flowers per plant. Plants may take as long as 14 years to mature from seeds.
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