Scientific Name: Hippeastrum cvs.
Common Name: amaryllis
Family Name: Amaryllidaceae
Origin: Central America, Garden origin, Mexico, South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 8b: (-9.4 to -7 °C)
Plant Type: Flowering pot plant
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Stiffly upright
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Coarse
Landscape Uses: Indoor plant
Exposure: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Linear, Entire
Flowers: Umbel, White, Orange, Pink, Magenta, Red, Dark-red, Jan-Feb-Mar-Apr-Dec
Fruit: Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Green, Brown, May-Jun
Key ID Features:
Flowers large, sweet smelling, lily-like, on thick peduncle.