Accession Data:
Rhodophiala bifida (Herb.) Traub
- Common Name: Oxblood Lily, Schoolhouse Lily
- Family: Amaryllidaceae J. St-Hil.
- Country of Origin: S. Brazil to Argentina (Buenos Aires)
- Culture: The autumn/winter/spring-growing Rhodophiala bifida from Uruguay and Argentina. It is dormant in summer but receives year-round rains. Therefore intolerant of thorough summer drought that would make it lose the roots. It is quite hardy (-12 °C frosts are experienced by the southernmost populations). Summers always long and hot in the wild. Propagation from seed is necessary as only individual bulbs are found in the wild. It flowers in late summer before heavy foliage production. Alkaline soils in the wild although at the northernmost corner of its distribution it grows in acid red clays. Full sun in all cases.3
- USDA Zone: 7a-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201600005
- Source: Chiltern 2016 - 1107B
- Accession Date: 01-08-2016
- Bench: 2116 - MED:Mattoral B
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-12-2025
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Amaryllidaceae
- SubFamily: Amaryllidoideae
- Tribe: Hippeastreae
- SubTribe: Hippeastrinae
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Uruguay
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, January 25, 2016.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, January 25, 2016.
- Rhodophiala at Pacific Bulb Society. Last accessed on Monday, January 25, 2016.
- Rhodophiala bifida at American Nurseryman. Last accessed on Monday, January 25, 2016.
- Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.
data regenerated on Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:36:29 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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Subfamily Agapanthoideae
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Tribe Allieae
Subfamily Allioideae
Tribe Tulbaghieae
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- Crininae: Crinum asiaticum
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- Strumariinae: Nerine laticoma W/C
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Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
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Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Eucharideae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
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Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
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Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
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Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
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- Hippeastrinae: Hippeastrum mandonii
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Tribe Pancratieae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Stenomesseae
W/C = Wild Collected
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