Hippeastrum regina
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Hippeastrum regina, Herb. Bulb globular, 3 in. diam.: lvs. developing after the fls., 2 ft. long and l ½ -2 in. broad, green: scape 10-20 in., bearing 2-4 red declined fls.; perianth-segms. 4-5 in. long, obovate and acute, the lowest innermost one narrower, all bright red, a large whitish star in the throat; tube sometimes nearly or quite 1 in. long; stamens shorter than the perianth. Mex. to Peru and Brazil. B.M. 453.—An old garden plant, still much cult. There are double-fld. forms: Amaryllis alberti, Lem., I.H. 13:498, Baker considers to be one of these. H. gravinae, Melaz., is a hybrid resembling this species (Amaryllis gravinae). G.W. 5, p. 187. H. spectabile, Hort., is a hybrid near H. reginae. L.B.C. 159.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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