New hybrid obtained in our nursery from Echidnopsis ciliata. Stems strong, reaching 50 cm in length by 10 mm in diameter. Stems are slightly tubercled and dark green in colour, rather reddish in winter. Flowers apical, star-shaped, 8 mm in diameter, glabrous, glossy and unusually brick-red in...

Very beautiful and showy bulbous species, up to 60 cm high. In Spring-Summer it produces wonderful, crimson flowers, looking like the Hippeastrum ones, in quantities of 2-9 per stalk. South Africa (Cape Province). Half-hardy. 1 bulb 9x9 cm pot  

South American rhizomatous species. Leaves lanceolate, dark green in colour, slightly hairy. Flowers solitary, tubular, red outside and yellow inside. Corolla lobes very small and red. Easy to cultivate. Half shade or shade. Drained soil. Water abundantly in Summer. Reduce drastically the waterings...

Soloniferous species. It produces long stems that are toothed and light green spotted with red. Stems can creep much and root wherever they touch the soil. Flowers similar to Duvalia but 5 cm in diameter and appearing at soil level. Lobes narrow and reflexed, brown-yellow, slightly papillose....

  Rhizomatous clumping species. Leaves sword-like, arranged in a fan. Flowers star-shaped, yellow, in dense scorpioid inflorescences. South American mountain prairies. Drained soil. Half shade. Hardy. Rare in cultivation. Rhizome 14 cm pot  

This species is up to 40-80 cm high. Leaves lanceolate, up to 40 cm long, glaucous-green in colour. Flowers 2.5-3 cm in diameter, light yellow in colour, in long dense spikes. Origin: Argentina and Chile. Easy and perfectly hardy. 14 cm pot