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A very pleasing plant to flower, it comes from the Peru and has small flowers that are intensely pink.
My plants also have a darker mark along the midrib of the tepals. Plant Delights Nursery say: "This stunning but rarely offered species is unfortunately one of the most tender of the rain lilies. In mid -August, the tiny mats of glossy green foliage erupt with dozens of 5" stems ending in 1" hot pink flowers. If you live in the deep South, I can't think of a better border for flower beds... in the north, what a cool potted specimen for the deck or balcony!" Plants of the World online says: "The native range of this species is Colombia to Peru. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and has environmental uses." The Leon Levy Native Plnt Preserve says: " Zephyranthes rosea grows as a slightly succulent herb from a fleshy underground bulb with a basal rosette of leaves. The leaves are linear, parallel veined to 20 cm long and 0.5 cm wide with an acute leaf apex and entire margin. The complete, perfect, actinomorphic flower is solitary and surrounded by a spathe. The calyx has 3 pink sepals and the corolla has 3 pink petals. The calyx and corolla are fused together along their lower half. There are 6 stamens partially fused to the perianth forming a tubular hypanthium. The ovary is inferior and has three locules containing multiple ovules each. The fruit is capsule that is brown at maturity with black flat seeds. Zephyranthes rosea grows in Human Altered environments with a sand substrate including roadsides and yards. Zephyranthes rosea occurs in throughout the entire Lucayan Archipelago as well as Cuba and the Cayman Islands. |
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