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Amaryllidaceae
Naked Lady
Amaryllis belladonna
Pride, splendid beauty, determination.
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Amaryllis
- Native to
- Western Cape, South Africa
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Type
- Perennial bulb
- Height
- 45–75 cm
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, sandy
- Water
- Low; drought-tolerant
- Hardiness
- 7–10
- Lifespan
- Long-lived bulb; clumps for generations
Did you know
- Called 'naked ladies' because they bloom on bare, leafless stems — the strappy foliage appears months later, in winter.
- This is the true Amaryllis — the showy 'amaryllis' bulbs sold at Christmas are actually Hippeastrum, a related but separate genus.
- It evolved in fynbos shrubland that burns regularly, and its flowers often appear most prolifically the year after a wildfire.
- A single bulb can produce 6–12 sweetly fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers on each stem.
- Clumps left undisturbed for decades have been known to produce hundreds of blooms in a single late-summer flush.
Color meanings
Pink
Quiet confidence