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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Fruit: Dehiscent
Pops open explosively when ripe
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: The seeds (both species and hybrids) should be sown in the fall where night time temperature is around 40-50F and day time temperature is lower than (68F.
Sow in situ
Other info: Soak seeds for 24 hrs.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Peruvian Lily

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Another gorgeous Chilean endemic Alstroemeria species.  Thrives i

A. pulchra growing through a 'sea' of fading Tropaeolum brachycer
Location: Cerro La Campana, Chile
Date: Spring 2008
Copyright belongs to my friend Ricardo Martini.
Location: Huaquén, Chile
Date: Spring 2008
Copyright belongs to my friend Ricardo Martini.

Young seedlings
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Alstroemeria pulchra in the wild, growing among Loasa tricolor, T
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