Amaryllis

Description

Hippeastrum miniatum (synonyms: Amaryllis miniata) is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Peru. Flowers are bright orange-red (vermilion) with up to six flowers per stem. Bulbs ovate, 5–8 cm in length, leaves tongue shaped, 45–63 cm in length, up to 2.5 cm wide, stems 30–45 cm high. Perigonium up to 10 cn in length, 33 cm wide, with stamens of a similar length. First described by Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez in 1802, and formerly named by William Herbert in 1821 H. miniatum grows in river gorges in the high Peruvian Andes.