O.K. I can't believe this, I did a search on lantern flowers and low and behold up pops this one almost right away. It is called Sandersonia. Native to South Africa.

Hi! It is Sandersonia auretica.It is not from South Africa, it is native to Chine, on the other name is to finde Chinese Latern.It growns and makes flowers more years, cca 75 cm big and 10 cm long, supports the cold weather. You can buy it for 2,50 euros in Europe. Best regards Klari

Sandersonia aurantiaca this is the name i wrote it wrong before.

Family : Colchicaceae ( Colchicum family)
Common names : Christmas bells ( Eng. ); geelklokkie (Afr.); ushayabhici (Zulu); ihlamvu (Zulu)

some information :http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantqrs/sanderaurant.htm

Thanks all. But now I'm confused, klari(hello) says it's from China but Anonymous has a web site for Africa? Hmmm. OH where, oh where does this plant hail from? chuckle chuckle
cheers