Species · genus Hippeastrum · Amaryllidaceae
Netted-veined Amaryllis
Hippeastrum reticulatum (L'Hér.) Herb.
Cultivars of H. reticulatum
The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.
No named cultivars catalogued under H. reticulatum yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.
Guide
The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.
A netted-leaf amaryllis
Hippeastrum reticulatum is a bulbous perennial in the amaryllis family, known to gardeners under its old name Amaryllis reticulata. Like its relatives it carries strap-shaped leaves and a leafless flowering stem topped with an umbel of large, funnel-shaped blooms, typically appearing in winter or spring.
Source: RHS
South American roots
This bulb is native to a broad stretch of South America, from northeast Brazil down through southeast and southern Brazil into northeast Argentina, in the Misiones region. It grows there as a bulbous geophyte, at home in the seasonally dry tropical biome, and has also become introduced in the Mariana Islands. The species was first published in the Botanical Magazine in 1824, though it had already been described earlier under the name Amaryllis reticulata.
Source: Kew
Bulb, strap leaves, umbel
As a member of the genus Hippeastrum, this plant is deciduous and bulbous, with slightly fleshy, strap-shaped leaves. Its stout, leafless stem carries an umbel of large, funnel-shaped flowers, a display usually timed for winter or spring rather than summer.
Source: RHS
Care recipe
The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.
Care notes are early — not yet verified
- Light
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
- Water
- ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
- Humidity
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
- Soil
- ai:claude-fable-5
- Care
- ai:claude-fable-5
Bright, indirect
≈ every 14 days
Medium
13–27 °C
Rich, well-draining bulb mix with grit
Offset bulblets separated from the parent bulb
Feed every 2 weeks during active leaf growth
Moderate
Rosy blooms; notable for its white-veined leaf
Toxic to cats & dogs & humans
Amaryllidaceae bulbs contain lycorine and related alkaloids, concentrated in the bulb This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.
Reference images
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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)
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