Rhodophiala sp 8290

As the precise species is not indicated on the label (the number "8290" is most likely an internal nursery collection or accession number), this description is given at the genus level. Rhodophiala is a genus of about thirty bulbous geophyte species of the family Amaryllidaceae, native to South America (chiefly Chile, also Argentina and southern Brazil), growing in isolated, often mountainous habitats; some southern populations withstand frosts down to -12°C. The flowers, borne in an umbel atop a leafless stem, resemble small hippeastrums or multiflowered habranthus, in colours ranging from red to orange, pink and white depending on the species. They require well-drained soil and a dry dormancy.