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Proiphys amboinensis
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Proiphys amboinensis is the type species of the flowering plant genus Proiphys.[4]: 363 Its common names include Cardwell lily[5] and northern Christmas lily[citation needed] (as it usually flowers around Christmas). It is considered native to Thailand, Indonesia (Maluku, Sulawesi, Bali, Lombok, Timor), the Philippines, the Bismark Archipelago, Vanuatu, New Guinea and Australia (Queensland and Western Australia).[6] It is also naturalized in Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Solomon Islands, Niue, Society Islands, Caroline Islands and Mariana Islands.[1][7]
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Taxonomy
Its species epithet amboinensis was named after the island of Ambonia, now Ambon in Indonesia.[2]
Description
The Caldwell lily grows on seashores and rocky places up to an altitude of 500 metres.[4]: 366 It prefers open, lightly shaded rainforests.[8][page needed] It grows from a bulb measuring up to 8 centimetres in diameter;[9] it grows quickly after the arrival of the wet season in Australia.[8][page needed] Its leaves are ovate and nearly circular measuring 20–30 cm long and 15–35 cm wide from stalks between 15 and 60 centimetres long.[4]: 366 [9] The leaves die away in the dry season.
Umbel
A total of 5–25 white flowers grow in an umbel on stalks over between 15 and 90 cm long,[4]: 366 each flower is trumpet shaped and release a pleasant scent with filaments 2–3 mm long.[9] Flowering in Australia typically begins in late December while flowering season in India is from May to June.
Fruit produced from pollination are green to blackish capsules 25–30 mm across.[10][11][9]
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Cultivation and uses
It is a good container plant that needs much water in the growing season. Propagate from seed or lift the bulb.[8]
References
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