Parrot Inca Lily
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The parrot Inca lily ( Alstroemeria psittacina Lehm. , Syn .: Alstroemeria pulchella L. f. ) Is a species of the Inca lily ( Alstroemeria ) in the Inca family (Alstroemeriaceae).
features
The parrot inca lily is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 50 to 100 centimeters. It forms a rhizome and tuber roots. The alternate and spirally arranged leaves on the stem are petiolate. The 9 to 60 mm long petiole is twisted so that the actual underside of the leaf faces up. The simple, elliptical to lanceolate, glabrous, blunt leaf blade is 2.7 to 10 centimeters long and 0.4 to 3.5 wide Inches up.
The umbellate or zymose inflorescence contains only one to a few flowers and a few foliage -like bracts . The flower stalk is 12 to 23 mm long. The threefold flowers are more or less strongly zygomorphic . The two times three free bracts are colored deep red, spotted reddish brown and have a green tip. The outer bracts measure 2.7 to 4.6 × 0.6 to 1.2 centimeters and the inner ones measure 3 to 4.4 × 0.2 to 0.8 centimeters. There are two circles with three free, fertile stamens each. Three carpels have become an under constant ovary grown with many ovules . The stylus ends in three scar branches. The flowering period extends from June to August.
The egg-shaped to spherical, bursting capsule fruit has distinctive ribs and a diameter of up to 15 mm.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 16.
Occurrence
The parrot inca lily is originally found in south-east Brazil , north-east Paraguay and north-east Argentina on moist meadows, mostly in the shade of trees. It was naturalized in large parts of South America and the southeastern United States.
use
The parrot inca lily is rarely used as an ornamental plant in borders and perennial beds or as a cut flower. It has been in culture since 1822 at the latest.
literature
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .
- Amanda Spooner, James Carpenter, Gillian Smith & Kim Spence: Description in the Western Australian Flora Online, 2008. (Eng.)
Individual evidence
- ^ Alstroemeria pulchella at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ^ A b Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Alstroemeria - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on June 27, 2018.