Barbados lily
ഈസ്റ്റർ ലില്ലി
Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 51 cm
- wide
- —
Amaryllidaceae
Also called Barbados Lily
Formerly Amaryllis punicea, Hippeastrum equestre
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Bulbous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 41 cm to 61 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Orange, redRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (10)
- Spanish
- azucena roja
- Chinese
- 孤挺花, 大红朱顶红
- Japanese
- キンサンジコ
- Portuguese
- Açucena
- Thai
- ว่านสีทิศ
- Chinese (China)
- 橙飞燕朱顶红, 石榴朱顶红
- Finnish
- ratsuritarinkukka
- French
- Hippéastre strié
- Swedish
- Rubinamaryllis
- Malayalam
- ഈസ്റ്റർ ലില്ലി
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, Public domain
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Hippeastrum puniceum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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