General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 18 to 24 inches (45-60 cm)
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Multi-Color: Greenish white, dark maroon stripes
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Bulbs
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Epiphytic

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Common names
  • Butterfly Amaryllis
  • Amaryllis

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Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2019-12-19
Just in time for the holidays
Location: 99159
Date: 2019-01-08
Location: My Garden
Date: April 2011
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: March 2016
Location: Mt. Sterling Ky
Date: 2018-12-27
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2020-04-03
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA, Zone 6b
Date: 2/1/17
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2016-01-30
Location: My garden
Date: Spring
The original plant was given to me as a gift from another Master
Location: Orlando, Central Florida, zone 9b
Date: 2012-02-23
Hippeastrum papilio
Location: in my greenhouse in Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2020-04-26
Location: Fountain, F
Date: 2021-03-30
Photo by Dutchlady1
Location: Kitchen window
Date: 2011-0113
So cheery on a snowy day.
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2016-01-02
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2021-03-30
Location: 43016
Date: 2015-12-29
Location: Kitchen window
Date: 2011-0115
Multiple blooms.
Location: Sugar Mill Botanical Gardens, Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2013-03-01
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2016-01-02
Photo by sgardener
Location: ocean springs, MS
Date: December
beautiful butterfly

credit: Clyde Robinson
Location: My home
Date: 2012-12-15
Location: My home
Date: 2012-12-15
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: February 2012
shot taken with flash in the evening.
Location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date: January 27, 2008
Location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date: February 18, 2009
A well-grown mature bulb can produce three flowers.
Location: Kitchen window
Date: 2011-0113
Not huge but still lovely.
Location: North Carolina, USA. USDA zone 7b.
Date: October 10, 2007
Motherbulb with secondary and tertiary offsets in a 10\" pot.
Location: Kitchen window
Date: 2011-0115
Tall!
Location: Kitchen window
Date: 2011-0115
Profile
Location: Kitchen window
Date: 2011-0116
Location: Kitchen window
Date: 2011-0121
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2016-01-02
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA, Zone 6b
Date: 2017-02-02
Location: Indoor unheated porch.
Date: 2013-0428
Does not need full sun to bloom, only to get it in bud.
Location: NYBG 
Date: June 14 22

Photo Courtesy of Cape seed and Bulb.
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Location: My home
Date: 2012-12-10
Location: My home
Date: 2012-12-10
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-06-19
3 year old seedlings

Photo courtesy of:  Magpie Ilya
Location: Sugar Mill Botanical Gardens, Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2013-03-01
Location: Guest room window. Northwest exposure.
Date: 2014-03-05
Location: Guest room window. Northwest exposure.
Date: 2014-03-05
Location: Guest room window. Northwest exposure.
Date: 2014-03-05
Location: Guest room window. Northwest exposure.
Date: 2014-0123
Location: My home
Date: 2012-12-11
Location: My home
Date: 2012-12-11
Location: My home
Date: 2012-12-08
Location: My home
Date: 2012-12-07
Location: Gent, Belgium
Date: 3 year old seedlings.
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2016-01-29
Comments:
  • Posted by DogsNDaylilies (SE Michigan - Zone 6a) on Feb 1, 2016 6:22 PM concerning plant:
    Papilio is a FAST bloomer...I received mine as an unpotted bulb and I potted it the last week of December. By the last week of January, it was blooming!

    Edited to add: Careful where you place this, it can produce a decent amount of very sticky nectar.
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Three Flowers by sgardener Feb 29, 2012 4:55 PM 1
Absolutely fabulous by Dutchlady1 Jan 18, 2015 8:30 PM 2
Amaryllis Papilio by Kevalsha Jan 17, 2020 7:03 AM 0

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