Hippeastrum papilio (Ravenna) Van Scheepen

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Hippeastrum papilio is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to southern Brazil.

Description

Colours are variable from white to creamy-green, or dark apple-green with carmine, maroon or purple striations.

Taxonomy

Collected in the 1960s, it was originally described by Pierfelice Ravenna in 1970 as a species of Amaryllis, it was transferred to Hippeastrum by Johan Van Scheepen in 1997. Placed in the epiphytic Omphalissa subgenus.

Etymology

papilio: Latin Butterfly

Distribution

Tropical rain forests of the Atlantic coast of southern Brazil. While its natural habitat is shrinking, it is becoming increasingly popular in horticulture.

 

Hippeastrum papilio - Wikipedia

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