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Flower, leaves and bulb of Hippeastrum miniatum. Francisco Manuel Blanco, Flora de Filipinas 1880–1883 Hippeastrum bulb Detail of Hippeastrum flower. Hippeastrum (/ ˌ h ɪ p iː ˈ æ s t r ə m /) [17] is a genus of about 90 species, and over 600 hybrids and cultivars, of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, from Mexico south ...
As of November 2013, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepts 91 species of the genus Hippeastrum: [1] Garcia et al (2019) estimate approximately 100 species in subgenus Hippeastrum, together with 3 in subgenus Tocantinia.
Son of a Witch (2005) is a fantasy novel by American writer Gregory Maguire. The book is Maguire’s fifth revisionist story and the second set in the land of Oz conceived by L. Frank Baum. Son of a Witch continues the story after the fall from power of the Wizard of Oz and the death of Elphaba by recounting the life of Elphaba’s son, Liir.
The family business was founded by Cornelis de Graaff in 1723. [1] [2] They became notable in the nineteenth century when Jan de Graaff and his two sons developed the Reginae strain of hybrids of Hippeastrum by crossing Hippeastrum vitatum and Hippeastrum striatum with Hippeastrum psittacinum and some of the better hybrids available in Europe at the time.
Now Maguire’s story is captivating a new generation with the two-part film adaptation, the second of which is slated for release in November 2025. But in 1994, he was broke, living in a cramped ...
Hippeastrum aulicum is a bulbous epiphyte, growing on rocks and trees which has large scarlet flowers with a green throat, usually with four flowers to a stem. It blooms in late summer and autumn. It blooms in late summer and autumn.
Lynch is best known for co-founding The Dixie Chicks in 1989 with Strayer, Maguire and Robin Lynn Macy. She played the upright bass and sang lead vocals for a bit before exiting the group in 1992.
Hippeastrum flower with trifid stigma The stamen filaments are filiform and either declinate -ascending or straight and arranged in two to four series ( 2- or 4-seriate ). The stigma is usually either trifid or obscurely trilobed, but some taxa ( Famatina herbertiana , and certain Hippeastrum species) have a capitate stigma.