Hippeastrum cybister

Hippeastrum cybister is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native from Bolivia to Argentina.



Description
The stem is nineteen inches tall.

Ecology
The flowering season is Spring to Summer, with dormancy during the Autumn, Winter, and part of the Spring.

Taxonomy
Originally described by William Herbert, and formally named by John Gilbert Baker in 1888.

Synonyms:
 * Sprekelia cybister Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 33. 1840. (Basionym)
 * Amaryllis cybister (Herb.) Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: t. 455. 1849.
 * Hippeastrum anomalum Lindl. ex Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: t. 455. 1849.
 * Hippeastrum deflexum (Rusby) L.B.Sm., Contr. Gray Herb. 124: 6. 1939.
 * Lepidopharynx deflexa Rusby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 214. 1927.
 * Sprekelia cybister var. brevis Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 33. 1840.
 * Sprekelia cybister var. subsexuncialis Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 33. 1840.