| Alstroemeria haemantha, Ruiz & Pav. (A. Simsii, Spreng.). Fl.- et. 2-3 ft.: Lvs. crowded and thin, somewhat stalked, 3-4 in. long and ¾ in. or less wide, the upper becoming linear, glaucous beneath: fls. 2 in. or less long, bright red tipped green, the inner ones with red-purple spots on a red-yellow ground; umbel very compound, the branches 4-6 in. long. A white-fld. variety is cult. Chile. B.M. 2353 (as A. pulchella). | | Alstroemeria haemantha, Ruiz & Pav. (A. Simsii, Spreng.). Fl.- et. 2-3 ft.: Lvs. crowded and thin, somewhat stalked, 3-4 in. long and ¾ in. or less wide, the upper becoming linear, glaucous beneath: fls. 2 in. or less long, bright red tipped green, the inner ones with red-purple spots on a red-yellow ground; umbel very compound, the branches 4-6 in. long. A white-fld. variety is cult. Chile. B.M. 2353 (as A. pulchella). |