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Description
An older shot from the 2014 Philadelphia Flower Show
I originally misidentified this flower as an orange freesia, below is the correct info.

Clivia miniata is a clump-forming plant with stocky rhizomes. It has long, bright green, strappy leaves and produce strong flower stems topped with heads of large funnel-shaped flowers in shades of yellow, orange and red. Red berries follow flowering. Plants generally take three years to flower. The flowers are long lasting on the plant and can be used as cut flowers.

Genus name honors Lady Charlotte Florentina Clive, Duchess of Northumberland (d. 1866), granddaughter of Robert Clive.

Specific epithet means cinnabar-red.

Common Name: Natal lily
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Native Range: South Africa, Swaziland

Source: www.missouribotanicalgarden.or…

Description
An older shot from the 2014 Philadelphia Flower Show
I originally misidentified this flower as an orange freesia, below is the correct info.

Clivia miniata is a clump-forming plant with stocky rhizomes. It has long, bright green, strappy leaves and produce strong flower stems topped with heads of large funnel-shaped flowers in shades of yellow, orange and red. Red berries follow flowering. Plants generally take three years to flower. The flowers are long lasting on the plant and can be used as cut flowers.

Genus name honors Lady Charlotte Florentina Clive, Duchess of Northumberland (d. 1866), granddaughter of Robert Clive.

Specific epithet means cinnabar-red.

Common Name: Natal lily
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Native Range: South Africa, Swaziland

Source: www.missouribotanicalgarden.or…