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Hippeastrum is sometimes mistakenly called amaryllis, but the only thing they have in common with the actual amaryllis, Amaryllis beladonna, which grows in South Africa, is that they both belong to the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae). Hippeastrum is a distinct genus of approximately 70 species native to the American tropics. All cultivated varieties, the large bulbs of which produce belt-shaped leaves in winter and early spring, reaching a length of 70 cm, and long leafless peduncles, are hybrids. Hippeastrum has flowers of different colors: white, pink, red, with contrasting colors of the inner and outer parts of the perianth. Several flowers can open on one peduncle of a hippeastrum, and 2 or more peduncles can open from a bulb.
Note: Hippeastrum grows well in hydroponics if you provide it with a period of rest by lowering the water level to a minimum. In A. Belladonna, the biological rhythm is accelerated by 3 months. The dormant period begins at the end of July, and forcing begins in September - October.
Attention! Hippeastrum bulbs are poisonous, so be careful when handling them.
Location
Hippeastrum is a light-loving plant. It grows best on windows facing southwest or southeast. In summer, the plant can be taken out into the open air: it is not afraid of direct sunlight. In winter, the bulbs are buried halfway into the ground in a small pot and kept at a temperature of 16C.
Lighting
Bright light
Watering
Regular watering and systematic feeding are required. After the first shoots appear, I water it abundantly, using water at room temperature.
Air humidity
Moderate
Humidity: additional information
Before the first flower forms, the plant must be sprayed.
Care
In nature, hippeastrum has adapted to periods of drought, so in culture, during the dormant period, the plant needs to be provided with the same conditions. We bury the bulbs purchased in winter halfway into the ground in a small pot; after watering, place the pot in a warm and bright place with a temperature above 20C; after the first shoots appear, water generously, using water at room temperature; We apply fertilizer for flowering plants once a week; before the first flower appears, the plant must be sprayed; if the blooming hippeastrum is placed in a cooler place, the flowers will last longer; At the end of flowering, cut off the peduncle immediately above the bulb, since the formation of seeds weakens the plant.
Further care: We will leave the pot in the room in a sunny and ventilated place, but at the end of May it is better to take it out into the garden, onto the balcony or terrace; We water the plant regularly and continue to feed it with flower fertilizer once a week to ensure future flowering.
Rest period: From the end of August, you should gradually limit watering and fertilizing, and then completely abandon them, so that from October to mid or late December the bulb is in a state of complete dormancy; at this time it needs a temperature of 10-15C; then we transplant the enlarged bulb into a larger container with fresh soil and begin forcing.
Reproduction
Baby bulbs or seeds; plants obtained from seeds do not go through a dormant period for the first 3-4 years.
Transfer
Soil seven consists of turf soil, peat, humus and sand, taken in equal parts. The acidity of the substrate should be 5-6. It is recommended to add a little dry mullein. After flowering, they are replanted once every 2-3 years, the top layer of soil is changed annually. When planting, half the bulb is left open. The distance between the walls of the pot and the bulb should be 2-3 cm. In a spacious pot, the plant produces many children, but does not bloom for a long time.
Possible difficulties
The appearance of red spotting indicates a fungal infection typical of amaryllis; red stripes or spots may appear on the stem, flowers and bulb; To prevent the disease, you should wet the plant as little as possible when watering. The most dangerous pests are false scale insects, some types of scale insects, and onion root mites.
Externally, these two plants are very similar to each other. In autumn called amaryllis often sell hippeastrum. The flowers belong to the same family - amaryllis, but that's where their similarities end. To avoid getting into trouble, let's look at the difference between them.
Amaryllis belladonna.
Homeland - South Africa. There is only one type - amaryllis belladonna(amaryllis belladonna) or amaryllis beauty.
The bulb is round, slightly elongated upward, up to 6 cm in size. It consists of fleshy scales with felt-like layers. The outside is covered with brownish-gray dry scales. Gives a lot of children.
From the bulb grows a thick, spiral-twisted peduncle up to 70 cm high. The inflorescence can contain up to 12 white or pink funnel-shaped flowers with pointed petals and a light aroma. Flower diameter amaryllis or maybe more than 10 cm.
Flowering begins in late August - early September. Repeated flowering can be achieved in the spring with proper care. Each flower blooms for 5-6 days.
The leaves that appear after flowering are dark green, belt-shaped, slightly grooved, up to 45 cm long. The seeds ripen a month after flowering. They have a berry shape and a greenish color.
Amaryllis can be used for potting and cutting, however, do not forget that the plant contains toxic substances.
Hippeastrum.
Homeland - South America. It got its name from the words hippeos - cavalier and astrot - star (due to the large, star-shaped flowers). The genus includes 75 species and a large number of garden forms, which are combined into a common name hippeastrum garden (hippeastrum hortorum).
Bulb hippeastrum and poisonous, up to 20 cm in diameter, consisting of fleshy covering scales.
The leaves are belt-shaped, leathery, bright green, up to 80 cm long and 6-7 cm wide, arranged in two rows.
Blooms hippeastrum at the end of February - beginning of March. If you can regulate the dormant period, you can drive out the flower at any time of the year (usually in winter). Peduncle up to 70 cm high, hollow, covered with a waxy coating. A flower can throw out two or more peduncles. There are varieties with a short peduncle.
The flowers are funnel-shaped, up to 20 cm in diameter, collected in 2-4 inflorescences on a strong peduncle. The color can be from white to red, cherry, combined (with dots, specks, stripes). There is no aroma.
The seeds are flat, with a bordering membranous wing, brown in color, and ripen 1.5 months after flowering.
As you can see, there is a difference between them.
Let's consider methods of reproduction
Amaryllis And hippeastrum They reproduce in the same way - by children, by seeds, by dividing bulbs.
When propagated by seeds Flowering occurs after 3 - 4 years and the plant does not retain its maternal properties.
The seeds are collected as soon as the seed pod turns brown. Why right away? Seeds in their natural ripening environment contain about 70% water and, if collection is delayed, begin to germinate in capsules. Subsequent drying leads to the death of the germinating embryonic root and, naturally, to the death of the seed.
Seeds are sown into light soil and sprinkled with leaf humus in January - February. After 2-3 weeks, shoots appear. When two leaves form, they are transplanted into pots with a diameter of 9 cm. And next spring, pots with a diameter of 11-13 cm. And only in the third year, in the spring, the formed bulb is transplanted into fresh soil, to a permanent place.
Reproduction by children.
We separate the babies during transplantation: in October-November.
Propagation by dividing the bulb.
We cut the onion so that each section has a piece of the bottom and 3-4 old scales. The onion can be cut into more than 30 pieces. We remove the central part with the leaf buds, dry the sections, sprinkle the sections with crushed charcoal or activated carbon (also crushed).
Plant in wet sand or a light peat mixture. Keep at a temperature of 20-22*C in light shade.
After 1.5-2 months, babies are formed and the second leaf appears. Then we transplant the baby into small pots with loose soil.
About everything else that concerns care, accommodation and all sorts of “byak” -
pests next time.
To the question: Is Hippeastrum poisonous? given by the author Teddy bear the best answer is An attractive and harmless-looking plant can be harmful to your health, so before purchasing it, consult a reference book or find out from the seller whether it is poisonous and how it can be dangerous for the owner.
Avoid this dangerous purchase if you have children in your home, and if you do buy it, do not forget that it is better to wear gloves when doing any work with such flowers, and wash your hands thoroughly afterwards.
Here is a list of poisonous flowers:
1. HIPPEASTRUM (AMARILLIS) - poisonous
2. ZEPHYRANTHES (UPPARATE) - poisonous
3. EUCHARIS LARGE-FLOORED - poisonous
4. HYMENOCALLIS - poisonous
5. VALOTTA PURPLE - poisonous
6. HEMANTHUS - poisonous
7. CLIVINARY - poisonous
8. CREENUM IS VERY POISONOUS
9. NARCISSUS is poisonous
10.DIZYGOTEKA GRACEFUL-poisonous
11.IVY (ALL KINDS) - VERY POISONOUS
12.SCHEFFLERA-poisonous
13.AMORPHOPHALLUS-poisonous
14. SAUROMATUM - poisonous
15.ZANTEDECHIA (CALLA) - poisonous
16. SYNGONIUM - VERY POISONOUS
17.PHYLLODENDRON - VERY POISONOUS
18. ALOCASIA - VERY POISONOUS
19. ANTHURIUM - VERY TOXIC
20.DIFFENBACHIA SPOTTED - VERY POISONOUS
21. AKALIFA - VERY POISONOUS
22. CODIEUM (CROTON) - VERY TOXIC
23. POINSETTIA - VERY POISONOUS
24. GEMARIA variegated - poisonous
25. PAPHIOPEDILUUM (VENUS'S Slipper) - poisonous
26.PHALENOPSIS-poisonous
27.CELOGINA-poisonous
28. CYMBIDIUM - poisonous
29. DENDROBIUM - poisonous
30.CATTLEYA-poisonous
31 FICUS (ALL KINDS) - VERY POISONOUS
32.AZALEA (RHODODENDRON) - poisonous
33. ASPARAGUS - poisonous
34. JAPANESE AUCUBA - VERY POISONOUS
35. GLORIOSA - VERY POISONOUS
36. CAMELIA JAPANESE - poisonous
37. OLEANDER - VERY POISONOUS
38. CAPPIPER - poisonous
39.HOYA - VERY POISONOUS
P.S.
40. Euphorbia (ALL KINDS) - VERY POISONOUS
This does not mean that they should be thrown away, no. You just need to wear gloves when working with them, and wash your hands thoroughly after work. KEEP FLOWERS away from children, animals and birds.
Answer from 22 answers[guru]
Hello! Here is a selection of topics with answers to your question: Is Hippeastrum poisonous?
Answer from Neurologist[guru]
yes Representatives of the genus Hippeastrum are perennial bulbous plants. A characteristic feature of bulbous plants is the presence of a specialized underground organ - the bulb. Morphologically, the bulb is a shortened underground shoot, which serves as a reservoir of reserve nutrients and an organ of vegetative propagation. In terms of its structure, the hippeastrum bulb is classified as tunicate, that is, it consists of a short, thickened stem and closed, closed scales. The bulb is round or round-conical, sometimes compressed from the sides by seated daughter bulbs. The size of the bulb varies depending on the species from 5 to 10 cm in diameter. In the upper part, the bulb narrows and becomes a neck 2.5-3 cm long. The base of the bulb is round or oval, flat, covered with brown dead tissue, with a bunch of cord-like roots. In young bulbs, the bottom is barely noticeable, but in old bulbs it protrudes by 1.5-2 cm. Due to the destruction of the lower scales, the bottom is exposed and its length increases. At the same time, dead tissue is peeled off from the underside of the bottom, so the bottom sometimes does not reach excessive length, with the exception of large bulbs whose scales are prematurely destroyed.
The root system consists of adventitious roots, which are formed along the edge of the bottom in a ring, below the place of attachment of the bulbous scales, leaving the central part of the bottom free. The roots are numerous, fleshy, weakly branched, 0.5-0.6 cm in diameter, up to 35 cm long. Old roots gradually die off, and the ring of roots moves higher along the stem. The bottom is the base of a shortened cone-shaped stem, to which the fleshy scales of the bulb are attached. The outer scales are usually dead, dry, and easily peel off. Under them there are succulent closed scales, alternating with open ones, at the base of which there are inflorescences. Scales are the overgrown fleshy bases of assimilating leaves. As a rule, 10-12 outer scales do not have a leaf blade, since the scales are characterized by a longer lifespan than their terrestrial assimilating part. The next 8-12 scales bear green assimilating leaves.
The leaves are linear, grooved on the upper side and keeled on the lower side, with a protruding midrib arranged in two opposite rows. Their length reaches 50-70 cm, width 4-5 cm.
Answer from Brighten[guru]
it will be poisonous if you cut it into salad, cabbage soup, soup, etc. instead of onions
Answer from Klava Ivanova[guru]
my cat doesn’t eat it and doesn’t even tear it up, but my friend’s mom crumbled it into soup - everyone is alive...
and my seedling bloomed today, in February, if no one eats it, it will be 3 years old
Answer from Osokor[guru]
Hippeastrum has a poisonous bulb. But you are not going to eat it. As it is, he poses no danger. I don’t even wear gloves during transplantation, and I’m still alive.
Answer from Galina Ruskova (churkina) GALJ[guru]
poisonous - at our school they dropped a flower pot and started gnawing on the onion - they called an ambulance
I bought a plant, it turned out to be Hippeastrum.
I read that you can’t keep it at home because it’s poisonous. And my cat loves to eat it. And children can try it
Is it that poisonous?
An attractive and harmless-looking plant can be harmful to your health, so before purchasing it, consult a reference book or find out from the seller whether it is poisonous and how it can be dangerous for the owner.
Avoid this dangerous purchase if you have children in your home, and if you do buy it, do not forget that it is better to wear gloves when doing any work with such flowers, and wash your hands thoroughly afterwards.
Here is a list of poisonous flowers:
1. HIPPEASTRU (AMARILLIS) - poisonous
2. ZEPHIRANTHE (UPPARATE) - poisonous
3. EUCHARIS LARGE-FLOORED - poisonous
4. HYMENOCALLIS - poisonous
5. VALOTTA PURPLE - poisonous
6. HEMANTHUS - poisonous
7. CLIVINA CINBARB - poisonous
8. CREENUM IS VERY POISONOUS
9. NARCISSUS is poisonous
10.DIZYGOTEKA GRACEFUL-poisonous
11.PLU (ALL TYPES) - VERY TOXIC
12.SCHEFFLERA-poisonous
13.AMORPHOPHALLUS-poisonous
14. SAUROMATUM - poisonous
15.ZANTEDEHI (CALLA) - poisonous
16. SYNGONIUM - VERY POISONOUS
17.PHYLLODENDRON - VERY POISONOUS
18. ALOCASIA - VERY POISONOUS
19. ANTHURIUM - VERY TOXIC
20.DIFFENBACHIA SPOTTED - VERY POISONOUS
21. AKALIFA - VERY POISONOUS
22.CODIEU (CROTON) - VERY POISONOUS
23. POINSETTIA - VERY POISONOUS
24. GEMARIA variegated - poisonous
25.PAPHIOPEDILU (VENUS'S Slipper) - poisonous
26.PHALENOPSIS-poisonous
27.CELOGINA-poisonous
28. CYMBIDIUM - poisonous
29. DENDROBIUM - poisonous
30.CATTLEYA-poisonous
31 FICUS (ALL KINDS) - VERY POISONOUS
32. AZALEE (RHODODENDRON) - poisonous
33. ASPARAGUS - poisonous
34. JAPANESE AUCUBA - VERY POISONOUS
35. GLORIOSA - VERY POISONOUS
36. CAMELIA JAPANESE - poisonous
37. OLEANDER - VERY POISONOUS
38. CAPPIPER - poisonous
39.HOYA - VERY POISONOUS
40. MILK (ALL KINDS) - VERY POISONOUS
This does not mean that they should be thrown away, no. You just need to wear gloves when working with them, and wash your hands thoroughly after work. KEEP FLOWERS away from children, animals and birds.
yes Representatives of the genus Hippeastrum are perennial bulbous plants. A characteristic feature of bulbous plants is the presence of a specialized underground organ - the bulb. Morphologically, the bulb is a shortened underground shoot, which serves as a reservoir of reserve nutrients and an organ of vegetative propagation. In terms of its structure, the hippeastrum bulb is classified as tunicate, that is, it consists of a short, thickened stem and closed, closed scales. The bulb is round or round-conical, sometimes compressed from the sides by seated daughter bulbs. The size of the bulb varies depending on the species from 5 to 10 cm in diameter. In the upper part, the bulb narrows and turns into a neck 2.5-3 cm in length. The base of the bulb is round or oval, flat, covered with brown dead tissue, with a bunch of cord-like roots. In young bulbs, the bottom is barely noticeable, but in old bulbs it protrudes by 1.5-2 cm. Due to the destruction of the lower scales, the bottom is exposed and its length increases. At the same time, dead tissue is peeled off from the underside of the bottom, so the bottom sometimes does not reach excessive length, with the exception of large bulbs whose scales are prematurely destroyed.
The root system consists of adventitious roots, which are formed along the edge of the bottom in a ring, below the place of attachment of the bulbous scales, leaving the central part of the bottom free. The roots are numerous, fleshy, weakly branched, 0.5-0.6 cm in diameter, up to 35 cm long. Old roots gradually die off, and the ring of roots moves higher along the stem. The bottom is the base of a shortened cone-shaped stem, to which the fleshy scales of the bulb are attached. The outer scales are usually dead, dry, and easily peel off. Under them there are succulent closed scales, alternating with open ones, at the base of which there are inflorescences. Scales are the overgrown fleshy bases of assimilating leaves. As a rule, 10-12 outer scales do not have a leaf blade, since the scales are characterized by a longer lifespan than their terrestrial assimilating part. The next 8-12 scales bear green assimilating leaves.
The leaves are linear, grooved on the upper side and keeled on the lower side, with a protruding midrib arranged in two opposite rows. Their length reaches 50-70 cm, width 4-5 cm.
it will be poisonous if you cut it into salad, cabbage soup, soup, etc. instead of onions
my cat doesn’t eat it and doesn’t even tear it up, but my friend’s mom crumbled it into soup - everyone is alive...
And my seedling bloomed today, in February, if no one eats it, it will be 3 years old
Hippeastrum has a poisonous bulb. But you are not going to eat it. Otherwise, it does not pose any danger. I don’t even wear gloves during transplantation, and I’m still alive.
poisonous - at our school they dropped a flower pot and started gnawing on the onion - they called an ambulance
