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Hippeastrum rutilum, Herb. Bulb nearly globular, 2-3 in. diam., stoloniferous, with short neck: lvs. 6-8, elongating after flowering, bright green, 1 ft. long and an inch or more wide: scape as long as the lvs., somewhat compressed, glaucous, bearing 2-4 red fls.; perianth-tube ?4m- long, green, with a minute crown in the throat; segms. oblong, acute, crimson and green, keeled; stamens shorter than the perianth, the filaments red. Brazil. B.R. 23. L.B.C. 15:1449.—In cult, chiefly known in the var. fulgidum, Baker (H. fulgidum, Herb.), which is in all parts larger, deep crimson, the fl.-segms. 3-5 in. long. B.R. 226. B.M. 1943 (as Amaryllis miniata); 2475 (as H. subbarbatum). Var. crocatum, Baker (Amaryllis crocala) is as large as var. fulgidum, except in its fls., which are smaller, with undulate segms., saffron-colored. B.R. 38. Var. citrinum, Baker, has bright yellow fls. Var. acuminatum, Roem. (A. and H. pulverulentum). Fls. pink and segms. acute. B.R. 534; 1188. L.B.C. 5:484. B.M. 2273.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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