AmaryllidaceaeSubfamily Agapanthoideae
Subfamily Allioideae
Tribe Allieae
Subfamily Allioideae
Tribe Tulbaghieae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Amaryllideae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Cyrtantheae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Galantheae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Haemantheae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Hippeastreae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Hymenocallideae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Lycorideae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Narcisseae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Stenomesseae
W/C = Wild Collected |
Lycoris radiata Herb.
- Common Name: Spider Lily
- Family: Amaryllidaceae J. St-Hil.
- Country of Origin: China, Japan
- Habitat: By cultivated fields and in meadows in the lowland and hills
- Description: Leaves appearing in autumn, 7-15 cm long, 4-7 mm wide. Flowers 4-7 per umbel. Perianth irregular, red, to 4 cm long. Perianth tube very short. Tepals strongly recurved; undulate. Stamens twice length of tepals. Sterile triploid, an ancient cultigen widespread in China, Japan and other temperate countries.
- Culture: Grow Lycoris as pot plants using a slightly acidic potting mix with a liberal amount of slow-release fertilizer. Like Nerine and many other amaryllids with fleshy roots, they need to be kept completely dry and undisturbed from the time the leaves die back until the flower stems appear. But unlike Nerine, they do not appreciate high soil temperatures.
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Accession Data:- Accession # 198501074
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 2109 - MED:Fynbos A
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 11-03-2011
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Amaryllidaceae
- SubFamily: Amaryllidoideae
- Tribe: Lycorideae
- SubTribe:
References:
- Plants For A Future Website
- Lycoris species in cultivation
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