| Author: | James
Edgar Dandy, 1939 |
| Family: |
AMARYLLIDACEAE |
| Origin: |
Angola,
Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial
Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Island, Ivory
Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo,
Uganda, Zaïre |
| Soil: |
Rich -
Mix |
| Water:
|
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Thickness: |
5
Centimetres |
| Height: |
90
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
| Names:
|
St.
Christopher’s Lily |
| Synonyms: |
Amaryllis jagus Thompson, 1798.
Crinum giganteum
Andrews, 1804.
Crinum podophyllum Baker.
Crinum
suaveolens A. Chev.
Amaryllis latifolia, Lam.
Crinum bequaertii, De Wild.
Crinum congolense, De Wild.
Crinum petiolatum, Herb.
Crinum spectabile, Herb. ex Steud.
Crinum vanillodorum, Welw. ex Baker.
Taenais ampla, Salisb. |
This member of the Amaryllidaceae
family was given this name by James Edgar Dandy 1939. It is found in
tropical Africa, growing in peat or a well drained but moist soil with plenty
of water and sun. The bulb will grow up to five centimetres in
diameter, the whole plant can reach 90 centimetres in height. The
flowers are white.
The genera is from the Greek
krinon, meaning 'lily'.
The species name meaning 'a corruption of gigas'. |
