Hippeastrum psittacinum

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Read about Hippeastrum psittacinum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Hippeastrum psittacinum, Herb. Bulb 3-4 in. diam., with a long neck: lvs. with the fls., 6-8, lightly glaucous, becoming nearly or quite 2 ft. long: scape stout, 2-3 ft. tall, bearing a 2-4-fld. umbel; perianth-segms. 4-5 in. long, oblong and acute, undulate, the edge crimson, the main part green but crimson-striped; stamens much shorter than the perianth. S. Brazil. B.R. 199. L.B.C. 13:1204.—Apparently little known in cult., but it has been a parent in hybridizations.


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