Hippeastrum cybister is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native from Bolivia to Argentina.
Description The stem is nineteen inches (48 cm) tall.
Ecology The flowering season for H. cybister is Spring to Summer, with dormancy during the Autumn, Winter, and part of the Spring.Hippeastrum cybister in Pacific Bulb Society
Taxonomy Originally described by William Herbert, and formally named by John Gilbert Baker in 1888.John Gilbert Baker. Handbook of the Amaryllideae 1888 (47)
Synonyms: Sprekelia cybister Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 33. 1840. (Basionym) Amaryllis cybister (Herb.) Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: t. 455. 1849. Hippeastrum anomalum Lindl. ex Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: t. 455. 1849. Hippeastrum deflexum (Rusby) L.B.Sm., Contr. Gray Herb. 124: 6. 1939. Lepidopharynx deflexa Rusby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 214. 1927. Sprekelia cybister var. brevis Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 33. 1840. Sprekelia cybister var. subsexuncialis Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 33. 1840.Hippeastrum cybister in PlantList
References
Sources
GBIF: Hippeastrum cybister Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Argentina, Sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 107(1): i–xcvi, 1–983; 107(2): i–xx, 985–2286; 107(3): i–xxi, 2287–3348.