Hippeastrum_pardinum

<i>Hippeastrum pardinum</i>

Hippeastrum pardinum

Species of flowering plant

Hippeastrum pardinum is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, from Peru to Bolivia.[2] Originally collected in 1866 by Richard Pearce, it was used in breeding programmes.[4]

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Description

Vermilion spots on a yellowish background, resembling a leopard skin. Short or nearly absent flower tube, floral segments broad, recurved and spreading. Flowers 18 cm in diameter.[4]

Taxonomy

Described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1867 as Amaryllis, but transferred to Hippeastrum by Henry Honywood Dombrain.[2]

Images

  • Hippeastrum pardinum[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Amaryllis pardinia in Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, vol. XVII (1867-1868)
  2. [2]
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Hippeastrum pardinum.
  3. [3]
    Bot. Mag. 93: t. 5645 (1867)
  4. [4]
    Veitch, James Herbert (2011). Hortus Veitchii: A History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs James Veitch and Sons. Cambridge University Press. p. 468. ISBN 978-1-108-03736-5. In Veitch (2011)

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