Bulb to 15 cm or so wide with a long neck. Leaves to over 1 m long and 10 cm wide, not channelled. Main flower stalk to over 50 cm tall, the individual flower stalks to 6 cm or so long. Flowers mostly 8-10 and with a curved tube to about 10 cm long; summer.

South Africa

Many of the ornamental garden plants are the hybrid C. ×powellii Bak. (C. bulbispermum × C. moorei) (see key).

Source: Spencer, R.; Hay, A.; Ashburner, W. (2005). Amaryllidaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.