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Hippeastrum 'Giraffe'

(Amaryllis)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Amaryllis

Description

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Family Amaryllidaceae

Herbs perennial , rarely shrubby or treelike, often with bulbs, corms, rhizomes, or tubers. Leaves basal or cauline, often narrow, margin entire or spiny . Inflorescence a terminal spike, umbel, raceme , panicle, or flowers solitary. Flowers bisexual , actinomorphic or zygomorphic, usually subtended by 1 to several spathaceous involucres. Perianth segments 6, in 2 whorls, free or connate to form a short tube , with or without a corona . Stamens 6, inserted at perianth throat or at base of segments; filaments sometimes basally connate; anther dorsifixed or basifixed , mostly introrse . Ovary inferior, 3-loculed; ovules few to many per locule; placentation axile . Style slender; stigma capitate or 3-lobed. Fruit a capsule, usually loculicidal, sometimes dehiscing irregularly, rarely a berry. Seeds with endosperm.

More than 100 genera and 1200 species: tropical , subtropical , and temperate regions worldwide; ten genera and 34 species (14 endemic, four introduced ) in China.[1]

Genus Hippeastrum

Herbs, perennial , scapose , glabrous , from globose bulbs. Leaves few, basal; blade liguliform, fleshy , parallel-veined , margins entire, apex tapering. Scape hollow. Inflorescences umbellate , bracteate ; bracts 2, scarious . Flowers spreading to slightly drooping , syntepalous ; perianth connate proximally, funnelform to campanulate , with minute corona reduced to small crown inserted on throat of tube ; tepals 6 in 2 whorls of 3, outer slightly shorter than inner; stamens inserted on perianth tube, declinate , subequal ; filaments slender; ovary inferior, ellipsoid ; style slender, ca. equaling tepals; stigma capitate or slightly 3-lobed. Fruits capsular , dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds few to many.

Species ca. 75: c America, West Indies, South America, w Africa.[2]

Physical Description

Flowers: Bloom Period: June, September. • Flower Color: apricot, coral , cream, near white, orange, pale green, red-orange, tan, white

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 18-24" tall.

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space 3-6" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 7.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

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Similar Species

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Members of the genus Hippeastrum

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 116 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

H. aulicum f. robustum (Lily-Of-The-Palace) · H. blossfeldiae (Amaryllis) · H. cybister 'Merengue' (Amaryllis) · H. cybister 'Ruby Meyer' (Amaryllis) · H. papilio (Butterfly Amaryllis) · H. puniceum (Barbados Lily) · H. puniceum f. barbatum (Barbados-Lily) · H. puniceum f. pyrrochroum (Barbados-Lily) · H. puniceum f. roezlii (Barbados-Lily) · H. puniceum f. spathaceum (Barbados-Lily) · H. puniceum f. spatheceum (Barbados-Lily) · H. striatum (Amaryllis) · H. x johnsonii (Hardy Amaryllis) · H. 'Alfresco' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Amalfi' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Amoretta' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Amputo' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Aphrodite' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Apple Blossom' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Baby Star' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Basuto' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Belinda' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Bestseller' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Bianca' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Blossom Peacock' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Blushing Bride' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Bolero' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Calimero' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Candy Floss' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Carnival' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Charisma' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Charmeur' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Cherry Nymph' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Chico' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Christmas Gift' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Christmas Star' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Cinderella' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Clown' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Cocktail' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Dancing Queen' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Double Queen' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Double Record' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Elvas' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Emerald' (Emerald Amaryllis) · H. 'Exotica' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Exotic Star' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Fairy Tale' (Minature Amaryllis) · H. 'Furore' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Giraffe' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Gold Medal' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Hercules' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Honeymoon' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Intokazi' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Jaguar' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Jewel' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Joker' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Lady Jane' (Amaryllis) · H. 'La Paz' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Lemon and Lime' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Lemon Star' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Liberty' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Lima' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Ludwig Dazzler' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Lydia' (Amaryllus) · H. 'Merry Christmas' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Milady' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Minerva' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Mont Blanc' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Nagano' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Nymph' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Orange Sovereign' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Pamela' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Pasadena' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Philadelphia' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Piccolo' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Picotee' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Pink Diamond' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Pink Floyd' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Pink Impression' (Amarylllis) · H. 'Pink Nymph' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Pink Star' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Pizazz' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Prins Carnival' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Promise' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Queen of Hearts' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Ragtime' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Razzle Dazzle' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Razzmatazz' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Red and White' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Red Charm' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Red Lion' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Red Peacock' (Double Amaryllis) · H. 'Rilona' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Royal Velvet' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Rozetta' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Santa Cruz' (Amaryllis) · H. 'San Remo' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Scarlet Baby' (Scarlet Baby Amaryllis) · H. 'Snow White' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Star of Holland' (Amaryllis)

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Footnotes

  1. Zhanhe Ji & Alan W. Meerow "Amaryllidaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 264. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Walter C. Holmes "Hippeastrum". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 55, 282. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
Last Revised: 2012-07-21