Lycoris radiata Herb.

Common Name: Spider Lily
Family: Amaryllidaceae J. St-Hil.

Country of Origin: China, Japan
Habitat: By cultivated fields and in meadows in the lowland and hills

Description: Leaves appearing in autumn, 7-15 cm long, 4-7 mm wide. Flowers 4-7 per umbel. calyx and corolla of a flower (generally used when the two are similar).">Perianth irregular, red, to 4 cm long. Perianth tube very short. Tepals strongly recurved; undulate. Stamens twice length of tepals. Sterile triploid, an ancient cultigen widespread in China, Japan and other temperate countries.

Culture: Grow Lycoris as pot plants using a slightly acidic potting mix with a liberal amount of slow-release fertilizer. Like Nerine and many other amaryllids with fleshy roots, they need to be kept completely dry and undisturbed from the time the leaves die back until the flower stems appear. But unlike Nerine, they do not appreciate high soil temperatures.

Accession Data:

Accession # 198501074
Source: Unknown
Accession Date: 12-31-1985
Bench: 6001 - BPB:6000:Bench1
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-11-2025

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
SubClass: monocots
Order: Asparagales
SubOrder:
Family: Amaryllidaceae
SubFamily: Amaryllidoideae
Tribe: Lycoridae
SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015

References (internal):

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / China North-Central / China Southeast / Japan / Korea / Nepal /

References (external):

Plants For A Future Website
The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, March 10, 2016.
WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, March 10, 2016.
Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

data regenerated on Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:36:15 -0400 [bcm v4.0]