Sprekelia Formosissima (2 bulbs)

About:

Sprekelia Formosissima also known as the Aztec lily, or Jacobean lily, is one of just three known species of the genus Sprekelia in the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae). Sprekelia formosissima is the one usually grown for its showy flowers. Unique brilliant red flowers up to 6″ across are borne singly on the end of sturdy with, hollow cylindrical scapes about a foot long. Each flower is bilaterally symmetrical, resembling a velvet orchid. They have six long petals, with the broader, central upper one upright, two narrow lateral ones that are curved back at the tips and three lower narrow deflexed ones partly fused together, rolling up in a horizontal cylinder, encircling the long filaments of the stamens and large anthers with yellow pollen. Flower color is typically scarlet to deep crimson, but there are some pink selections, a white cultivar, and others that have lighter colored midribs or white edges on the red petals.

Bulb Size: 10 to 12 cm

Flowering Season: Summer

Available Month: January to March

Planting Media: Use ordinary garden soil thoroughly mulched with sand and well decayed cow manure. The soil must be well drained.

Water: Water judiciously till growth starts and just keep the soil moist but not soggy.

Sunlight: Grows well in semi shady places.

Pot culture: Use 8 inches pot for 3 bulbs. Plant vertically placing 3/4^th part of the bulb below the surface of the planting media and 1/4^th part above the media. In most of the cases the flower emerges before the leaves.

IMAGE IS FOR REFERENCE PURPOSE ONLY. ACTUAL PRODUCT MAY VARY IN SHAPE OR APPEARANCE BASED ON CLIMATE, AGE, HEIGHT, ETC.