Description

Rare and Beautiful Hippeastrum Papilio X Johnsonii pups from flowering bulb shown. Grown from imported seed. Flowering in late Winter to Spring.

What you get – 1 pup/offset bulb from the flowering parent. Pups are about 1 years old.

Beautiful and incredibly rare, Darkest blood red purple , with a striking vibrant green star center.   Bulbs range in size from 2cm to 4cm. first in best dressed.

These have been growing well in the garden with full sun and afternoon shade. Do not over water.

Species info.
Hippeastrum papilio , Butterfly, is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the Amaryllidaceae family, native to southern Brasil. Colours are variable from white to creamy-green, or dark apple-green with carmine, maroon or purple striations. While its natural habitat is shrinking, it is becoming increasingly popular in horticulture.
Collected in the 1960s, it was originally described by Pierfelice Ravenna in 1970 as a species of Amaryllis, it was transferred to Hippeastrum by Johan Van Scheepen in 1997. Placed in the epiphytic Omphalissa subgenus

Crossed with…

Hippeastrum x johnsonii (St. Joseph’s Lily) which is a hybrid cross of H. Reginae and H. Vittatum – This semi-evergreen bulb multiplies rapidly to form masses of broad green strap-shaped leaves to 30 inches long by 1 1/2 inches wide that can take on coppery tones when grown in full sun. In early April and May bulbs produce up to 4 stems that bear 4 to 6 flowers apiece. These flowers, with a spicy fragrance, have 6 gracefully recurved scarlet-red tepals, each with a central white stripe, producing a star like pattern in the center of the flower. Plant this bulb in full to part sun and irrigate during dry summer months to maintain foliage or allow it to go dormant. This plant can thrive in heavy clays soils but it does best in colder climates if the soil drains well. This is the hardiest of the Amaryllis and can be grown in USDA Zone 7.

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