Cardwell lily | |
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In Cooktown, Queensland | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
Genus: | Proiphys |
Species: | P. amboinensis
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Binomial name | |
Proiphys amboinensis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Proiphys amboinensis is the type species of the flowering plant genus Proiphys. [4]: 363 Its common names include Cardwell lily [5] and northern Christmas lily[ citation needed] (as it usually flowers around Christmas). It is considered native to Thailand, Indonesia ( Maluku, Sulawesi, Bali, Lombok, Timor), the Philippines, the Bismark Archipelago, Vanuatu, New Guinea and Australia ( Queensland and Western Australia). [6] It is also naturalized in Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Solomon Islands, Niue, Society Islands, Caroline Islands and Mariana Islands. [1] [7]
Its species epithet amboinensis was named after the island of Ambonia, now Ambon in Indonesia. [2]
The Caldwell lily grows on seashores and rocky places up to an altitude of 500 metres. [4]: 366 It prefers open, lightly shaded rainforests. [8][ page needed] It grows from a bulb measuring up to 8 centimetres in diameter; [9] it grows quickly after the arrival of the wet season in Australia. [8][ page needed] Its leaves are ovate and nearly circular measuring 20–30 cm long and 15–35 cm wide from stalks between 15 and 60 centimetres long. [4]: 366 [9] The leaves die away in the dry season.
A total of 5–25 white flowers grow in an umbel on stalks over between 15 and 90 cm long, [4]: 366 each flower is trumpet shaped and release a pleasant scent with filaments 2–3 mm long. [9] Flowering in Australia typically begins in late December while flowering season in India is from May to June.
Fruit produced from pollination are green to blackish capsules 25–30 mm across. [10] [11] [9]
It is a good container plant that needs much water in the growing season. Propagate from seed or lift the bulb. [8]
Cardwell lily | |
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In Cooktown, Queensland | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
Genus: | Proiphys |
Species: | P. amboinensis
|
Binomial name | |
Proiphys amboinensis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
List
|
Proiphys amboinensis is the type species of the flowering plant genus Proiphys. [4]: 363 Its common names include Cardwell lily [5] and northern Christmas lily[ citation needed] (as it usually flowers around Christmas). It is considered native to Thailand, Indonesia ( Maluku, Sulawesi, Bali, Lombok, Timor), the Philippines, the Bismark Archipelago, Vanuatu, New Guinea and Australia ( Queensland and Western Australia). [6] It is also naturalized in Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Solomon Islands, Niue, Society Islands, Caroline Islands and Mariana Islands. [1] [7]
Its species epithet amboinensis was named after the island of Ambonia, now Ambon in Indonesia. [2]
The Caldwell lily grows on seashores and rocky places up to an altitude of 500 metres. [4]: 366 It prefers open, lightly shaded rainforests. [8][ page needed] It grows from a bulb measuring up to 8 centimetres in diameter; [9] it grows quickly after the arrival of the wet season in Australia. [8][ page needed] Its leaves are ovate and nearly circular measuring 20–30 cm long and 15–35 cm wide from stalks between 15 and 60 centimetres long. [4]: 366 [9] The leaves die away in the dry season.
A total of 5–25 white flowers grow in an umbel on stalks over between 15 and 90 cm long, [4]: 366 each flower is trumpet shaped and release a pleasant scent with filaments 2–3 mm long. [9] Flowering in Australia typically begins in late December while flowering season in India is from May to June.
Fruit produced from pollination are green to blackish capsules 25–30 mm across. [10] [11] [9]
It is a good container plant that needs much water in the growing season. Propagate from seed or lift the bulb. [8]