Hippeastrum johnsonii ( Margaret Rose Amaryllis )
H. johnsonii make a gravid medulla which bloom 3 or 4 tubular flowers of brilliant scarlet , blotch with white on 2 foot stems . Hippeastrum is a native of tropic America and known as the equestrian star - peak . blossom blossom 2 to 6 across on a vacuous stem , unremarkably up to 3 foot tall . The crossbreed , ‘ Margaret Rose ’ flower in an unusual shade of abstruse shrimp - pink in a long lithe thermionic valve ....