Sprekelia
| Habit | bulbous
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| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
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| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
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| Origin: | ✈ | [[Origin::C Americawp]] |
| Exposure: | ☼ | full sun to part-shade"full sun to part-shade" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property. |
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| Water: | ◍ | regular"regular" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property., moderate |
1 or 2 species. Sprekelia formosissima is common in cultivation.
Read about Sprekelia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Sprekelia (J. H. von Sprekelsen, of Hamburg, who sent the plants to Linnaeus). Amaryllidaceae. Jacobaean Lily. Half-hardy bulbous plants, generally grown in the greenhouse, often known as amaryllis: lvs. appearing late, strap-shaped-linear: scape hollow, cylindrical, l-fld.: fl. large, showy; perianth gaping, tube none, upper segm. broadest, 2 lateral lanceolate, 3 lowest deflexed, rolled together inclosing the stamens and style; ovary turbinate, 6-angled, 3-celled: caps. globose-trigonous, 3-valved.—One species, Mex. For cult., see Amaryllis; also consult Hippeastrum, with which these plants are sometimes confused.
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Species
2, includingwp:
Sprekelia formosissima
Sprekelia howardii
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References
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- w:Sprekelia. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Sprekelia QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)
