Common name: Cardwell Lily
Botanical name: Proiphys amboinensis Family: Amaryllidaceae (Nargis family ) Synonyms: Eurycles amboinensis, Eurycles sylvestris
Cardwell Lily is an attractive perennial bulb plant which occurs naturally in
the rainforest and coastal areas of Western Australia and South-East Asia.
The large kidney-shaped leaves are glossy with symmetrically curved venation.
They are 20-30 cm long and 15-35 cm wide and carried on long stems 15-60 cm
long. The white flowers which occur in summer have a yellow throat and are
produced on stalks which can vary from 15-90 cm long. Cardwell Lily is
surprising not well know, despite it being an attractive and not difficult to
grow plant.
Identification credit: Jayasree Kodumba
| Photographed in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. |
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