This cormous perennial has erect sword-shaped dark green leaves forms a clump. The orange to red tubular flowers appear in an erect spike that appears above the foliage from spring to summer. 
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Hardiness zones 9 to 10

Watsonia meriana is naturally found in South Africa growing in well drained to wet boggy sandy to clay loams in an open sunny position and is frost tolerant but drought tender.

Wild Watsonia is a reliable flowering perennial that is grown for its clumping habit and its flowers. It is planted in cottage gardens along low borders or used around a water feature. It is also grown in pots and tubs and can establish along roadsides or in moist areas. Under ideal conditions it can become a weed and is controlled by physical removal of the plant and the corms that are 40 to 80 mm (3⅛ in) in diameter and are found close to the soil surface. ID 845

Watsonia (wot-SON-ee-a) meriana (me-ree-AH-na)

Iridaceae (eye-rid-AY-see-ee)
Iris Family