Amaryllis family. Homeland - Peru, Bolivia. There are about 19 species in nature.
This genus is perennial grasses, less often shrubs. The root system is bulbs, corms, rhizomes or tubers. The leaves are basal and stem, often narrow, whole-edged. Inflorescence - spike, umbrella, brush or panicle in some species, single flowers. The flowers are bisexual. Tepals - 6, in one or 2 tiers, free or fused, forming a short tube, with or without a crown. Stamens - 6, their threads sometimes fused at the base.
Eustephia coccinea Cav.
Synonyms: Amaryllis bicolor Ruiz & Pav., Eustephia coccinea var. multiflora Vargas, Eustephia macleanica Herb., Hippeastrum bicolor (Ruiz & Pav.) Baker, Phaedranassa rubroviridis Baker, Phycella bicolor (Ruiz & Pav.) Herb.
Habitat: Peru.
Description: the bulb is ovoid, about 2.5 cm in diameter. The leaves are bright green, narrow, linear, about 1 cm wide, 30-45 cm long, appear after flowering. Up to 8-10 medium-sized (no more than 2.5 cm), bright red flowers with green tips on each petal are formed on the peduncle. The throat is green. Flowering in late spring, early summer.
Habitat: high above sea level, in a strip of subtropical forests. These places are characterized by strong daily temperature fluctuations. In summer, daytime temperatures range from 20-21 ° C, at night they drop to + 4-6 ° C. In winter, in the area where Eustefia grows, there is an arid period of rest, when temperatures drop to + 2 ° C. Therefore, eustephia has a pronounced period of rest, and after flowering sheds leaves. It grows in sunny places, on loose slightly acidic soil, where there is a lot of sand and gravel. Bulbs are buried in the soil to the middle.
Eustephia is propagated by daughter bulbs and seeds.
At home, Eustefia is rare, usually in the collections of specialists, lovers of amaryllis, the genus is described for the purpose of familiarization.