Albuca setosa outer tepals spreading

Albuca setosa, previously known as A. pachychlamys has been described by Michael Lock in Xyridaceae as the smaller form of A. kirkii that is found in Tanzania, but the distribution of that species is probably wider. 

Unlike many Albuca species that have pendulous flowers, the flowers of this one face up. The flowers are white with green keels on their tepals. The inner tepals stay together, erect with some variable yellow colouring on the upper parts of the inner tepals, while the outer three white ones open widely. There is flower fragrance, a scent of spicy vanilla. Floral fragrance is generally strongest in young, freshly opened flowers awaiting pollinator visits, then often fade as the flowers age. Flowers grow on long pedicels in a flat-topped raceme. 

Blooming in South Africa occurs from late winter to after midsummer (Euston-Brown and Kruger, 2023; Manning, 2009; Pooley, 1998; iNaturalist; www.pacificbulbsociety.org).