Phaedranassa
(from phaidros, gay, and anassa, a queen; alluding to the beauty of the flowers). Queen Lily. Including Leperiza (in part). ORD. Amaryllideae. A genus comprising about six species of stove, greenhouse, or half-hardy bulbous plants, natives of the Andes of South America. Flowers showy, umbellate, reflexed; perianth greenish-red or two-coloured, narrow funnel-shaped or nearly cylindrical, the lobes long, narrow, and connivent, shortly spreading at the apex; involucral bracts two, or rarely three, narrow-linear; scape fistular. Leaves petiolate, narrow or rather broadly oblong. The species thrive best in a strong, yellow loam; when under greenhouse treatment, they should be kept comparatively dry during the winter months. The most suitable situation for them in the open air is under a south wall. Propagated by offsets.
P. Carmioli (Carmiol's).* fl. bright red, tipped with green, six to eight, drooping, about 2in. long; scape about 2ft. high. l. erect, lanceolate, as long as the scape, including the stalk. Costa Rica, 1868. Stove. (Ref. B. 46.) P. chloracea (greenish-yellow). fl. purplish-rose, tipped with green, upwards of 2in. long, with convolute limb segments. h. 1 1/2ft. Peru, 1844. Greenhouse. (B. R. 1845, 17.) P. obtusa is a form with more obtuse segments. P. eucrosioides (Eucrosia-like).* fl. drooping, about 1in. long, with a green tube and red segments; umbel three or four-flowered; scape terete, 12in. to 15in. long. l. one or two, petioled, oblong, acute, developing after the flowers. Ecuador, 1878. Stove. SYN. Leperiza eucrosioides. P. Lehmanni (Lehmann's).* fl. scarlet, nodding, three in a pedunculate umbel; perianth tubular, 1in. long, with shortly spreading tips; stamens much exserted. l. solitary, stalked, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, dark green above, glaucous beneath. Columbia, 1884. Stove. (R. G. 1138.) P. obtusa (blunt). A form of P. chloracea.
P. rubro-viridis (red and green).* fl., perianth 1 1/4in. long; segments pale on the borders, keeled with green in the upper quarter, the rest with bright red; pedicels and spathe 1/2in. to 3/4in. long; scape slender, bearing a few-flowered umbel. April. l. bright green, rather fleshy, acuminate, 1ft. or more long, three to four lines broad. Andes. Greenhouse. The correct name of this plant is Eustephia coccinea.
P. schizantha (cut-flowered). fl. contemporary with the leaves; perianth tube green, very short; segments bright red, shading off to salmon-colour at the tips, connivent, nearly 1 1/4in. long. October. Pasto, Columbia, 1800. Stove or greenhouse.
P. viridiflora (green-flowered). fl. greenish-yellow, nodding, narrow-funnel-shaped, about four in an umbel; scape terete, 1ft. long. l. lanceolate, under 1ft. long, about 1 1/2in. broad, bright green. 1877. Greenhouse.