Lily of the Palace

Description

Hippeastrum aulicum, the Lily of the Palace, is a bulbous perennial, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado ecoregions from Brazil to Paraguay, in South America. Hippeastrum aulicum is a bulbous epiphyte, growing on rocks and trees which has large scarlet flowers with a green throat, usually with four flowers to a stem. It blooms in late summer and autumn. Hippeastrum aulicum is cultivated by specialty flower bulb nurseries as an ornamental plant. Hippeastrum aulicum was first described by Ker Gawler in 1883.