This page contains Hippeastrum species P-Z.
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Hippeastrum papilio is a more commonly grown species from Brazil known as the Butterfly Amaryllis. Photos by Jennifer Hildebrand, February 2003, Doug Westfall March 2003, and Arnold Trachtenberg.
More photos by Liz Waterman. This is a bulb from BX 3, Aug. 2002 from Cathy Craig. It started to open New Year's eve, and on New Year's day it was fully open and a 2nd bloom was beginning to show. In the third picture lower left background is a clump of Bomarea flowers.
Hippeastrum parodii is native to Argentina and Bolivia and is considered a "tropical desert" bulb as it comes from hot "dryish" land. It is white to cream to yellow. The bulbs are dormant for the winter and half the spring. Photo from Doug Westfall taken July 2008.
Hippeastrum petiolatum is from Argentina. Photos by Doug Westfall. The first image (May 10, 2004) is very nearly the actual size of the flowers. This form is
quite orange in color.
Hippeastrum puniceum. The first photo taken March 2004 by Lee Poulsen is of some bulbs he gathered down near sea level in Haleakala National Park on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Lee was struck by the color of the flowers, unlike other species he was familiar with. The second photo taken March 2004 by Cynthia Mueller, also identified by an earlier name, H. equestere, was found in Sealy, Central Texas. She described it as "Very orange - two blooms per scape, small plant. Self fertile." The third photo by Hans Joschko is of a species collected from the Chaco in Bolivia from a friend of his that experts think looks like this species.
Hippeastrum reginae Photos taken August 2005 in southern Brazil by Tarcísio Eduardo Raduenz.
Hippeastrum reticulatum var. striatifolium The first photo courtesy of Alan Meerow illustrates this species. The second from Arnold Trachtenberg is probably a hybrid. According to Alan: "The leaves of H. reticulatum are always quite short and tend to lie almost prostrate (whether striped or not). Arnold's flower looks a lot like hybrids of this species often do. This species is fairly diminutive in stature, and is not easy to grow and flower. The white stripe of striatifolium is always diluted to yellowish-white in F1 hybrids with other species." The third photo from Jay Yourch taken August 2007 is of a plant received as this species
Hippeastrum santacatarina is a southern Brazil species with medium size flowers found growing in bogs. Photograph by Germán Roitman
Hippeastrum solandriflorum: Deciduous, cool/dry in winter. Requires a deep pot and plant with neck of bulb at soil-level. Photo by Den Wilson.
Hippeastrum sp. This Hippeastrum was collected near Cuzco, Peru by David Victor. It could be H. cuxcoensis or even H. mandoni. Photo by David Victor.
Hippeastrum striatum var. petiolatum (= var. flamigerum) as identified by Kevin Preuss for a plant Lee Poulsen says came labelled to him as Hippeastrum puniceum album. This species produces numerous bulbils that may be washed or broken off in nature. From Lee: "The flowers are much smaller than all my other Hippeastrums, about 2in/5cm across and 3in/7.5cm deep. Leaves look like typical Hippeastrum leaves." Photo taken April 2004 by Lee Poulsen.
Hippeastrum tucumanum, syn. H. argentinum, syn. H. candidum, is native to Tucuman, Catamarca, and Salta, northern Argentina. It is one of the white trumpet species that are commonly known as “azucenas” or “lilies”. Photos by Doug Westfall.
Hippeastrum vittatum is from Peru. Photograph by Kelly Irvin, April 2003.
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