These red-yellow petals indeed look like tongues of flame.
Gloriosa superba, commonly known as flame lily is native to Africa and Asia. Its a creeper with leaf-tip tendrils. Here's a ready-to-bloom bud, a tendril has entwined around the stalk.
A fully developed flower.
A flower as seen from the bottom.
A fully developed plant supported on a mango tree.
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