Hippeastrum

Mar, Apr, May, Dec

Bulb, Poisonous

Bulb, Perennial

Umbelliform with two or more flowers per stem. Blooms last 3-4 weeks. Flower color includes spotting or banding. Each inflorescence has three flowers and each flower is 5 to 8 inches across, the native species usually purple or red. They curve downwards and then upwards at the tip. The perianth has six brightly colored tepals (three outer sepals and three inner petals) that may be similar in appearance or very different. The perianth segments are subequal or unequal. The tepals are united at the base to form a short tube, usually with a rudimentary scaly paraperigonium with fimbriae or a callose ridge present at the throat.

The fruit forms a trivalve capsule containing seeds which are dry, flattened, obliquely winged.