Antoliza

Family Iridaceae. Name: Greek - "two-lipped flower

Description: Cormous summer-flowering plant, related to the gladiolus. Native to South Africa.

Usually grows among thickets, between bushes, in the shade of forests. Flowers in early spring. There are about 25 species; 2–3 are used in cultivation. The stem is simple, sometimes branched; leaves are linear or sword-shaped. Flowers in a bilaterally arranged spike, bracts entire. The perianth is usually red, with a very long curved cylindrical tube and short unequal lobes: the uppermost lobe is the longest. Stamens - 3, located inside the tube. The ovary is many-seeded; the style has simple stigmas, flattened at the ends. The capsules are thin, dehiscing along the sutures in the upper half