Amaryllis is a monotypic genus of plant containing one metal money, a Belladonna Lily (Amaryllis belladonna), the indigene of South Africa.

A Belladonna Lily occurs as bulb plant, with every bulb existence Five-10 cm from side to side. It has many strap-shaped, dull green leaves, 30-50 cm long & both-Three cm broad, intended within two rows. A leaves come produced in the fall & sooner or later die down by late spring. A bulb is so inactive until late summertime.

Inside late summertime the bulb produces a single or even 2 naked stems 30-60 cm tall, every of which bear a cluster of 2 to 12 funnel-shaped flowers at their tops. From each one flower is 6-10 cm across by having vi tepals (tercet outer sepals, three inner flower petal, using similar appearance to both more), white, pink or even purple around colour. This flowering pattern is the induced of its most common title 'naked lady'. A scientific title Amaryllis is known as when the shepherdess within one of Virgil's pastorals, and means any immature rustic maiden.

A Belladonna Lily was introduced into cultivation at a beginning of the 18th century. All the same, virtually all of the and then-alleged Amaryllis bulbs sold when 'ready to bloom for the holidays' belong to the allied genus Hippeastrum, despite being labeled when 'Amaryllis' by trafficker & nurseries. Adding to the title confusion, occasionally bulbs of more metal money sustaining the similar incubation & flowering pattern come likewise for instance known as 'naked ladies', possibly though victims coinage use at times their have sir thomas more widely utilized & accepted most common list, like a Resurrection Lily (Lycoris squamigera).

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