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the houseplant that blooms wildly indoors while everything outside surrenders to winter
means A bulbous flowering plant that produces large, showy trumpet-shaped blooms, popularly grown indoors to flower in winter.
from From the Greek name Amaryllis, a shepherdess in the pastoral poetry of Theocritus and Virgil — a stock name for a country sweetheart. The name itself is linked to the Greek 'amaryssein,' meaning 'to sparkle' or 'to flash,' which suits a flower that flares open in the gray heart of the year. Botanists adopted the poetic name for the genus, and it stuck.
- name origin
- named for a shepherdess in Greek pastoral poetry
- bare bloom
- flowers erupt before leaves even appear
- impostor alert
- sold-as amaryllis are usually genus Hippeastrum
- giant blooms
- single bulb can throw flowers eight inches wide
- language of flowers
- Victorians made it symbolize pride
hippeastrum vittatum — bulbous flowering plant native to south america, commonly sold as 'amaryllis' in florists worldwide
sprekelia formosissima — aztec lily, red trumpet flower from mexico, sometimes called amaryllis in horticulture
amaryllis belladonna — south african lily, the original 'true amaryllis' genus, blooms with pink fragrant flowers in late summer