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In Singapore: 朱顶红, 百枝莲, 华胄兰 (Grown in Singapore)
Hippeastrum vittatum is a bulbous species in the amaryllis family, native to western Bolivia, southern Brazil and Misiones in Argentina. Grow it from a bulb in a sunny spot with a dry rest period after flowering.
Hippeastrum vittatum, the superb amaryllis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is native to western Bolivia, southern Brazil, and Misiones Province, Argentina, and it has been introduced to a number of other locales around the world. A bulbous geophyte, it is typically found in the seasonally dry tropics. With Hippeastrum reginae it is a parent of Hippeastrum × johnsonii, an ornamental that gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 2012.
Hippeastrum angustifolium · Hippeastrum arboricola · Lily Of The Palace · Hippeastrum aviflorum · Hippeastrum calyptratum · Hippeastrum canterai · Hippeastrum correiense · Hippeastrum cybister · Hippeastrum evansiae · Hippeastrum ferreyrae · Hippeastrum iguazuanum · Hippeastrum leopoldii
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hippeastrum vittatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
