Albuca nelsonii

Plants tufted, bulbous, to 1.5 m high. Leaves lanceolate, ± flat, erect, 90–120 cm long, 30–50 mm wide. Inflorescence erect, 60–150 cm long, corymbose. Flowers c. 15–30, erect, bracts lanceolate, shorter than flowers; flowering pedicels erect, to 8 cm long, upper pedicels shorter, fruiting pedicels spreading, to 10 cm long; perianth segments 3–4 cm long, white with a broad green or red central stripe, inner whorl of perianth not spreading; stamens subequal to or slightly shorter than perianth segments; ovary green. Capsule ovoid to obovoid, 3-angled.     Flowers Dec. (1 record)