title: Hippeastrum miniatum
text: # Hippeastrum miniatum
  
  Hippeastrum miniatum is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Peru.
  
  ## Description
  
  Flowers are bright orange-red (vermilion) with up to six flowers per stem. Bulbs ovate, 5–8 cm in length, leaves tongue shaped, 45–63 cm in length, up to 2.5 cm wide, stems 30–45 cm high. Perigonium up to 10 cn in length, 33 cm wide, with stamens of a similar length.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  First described by Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez in 1802, and formerly named by William Herbert in 1821.
  
  ### Etymology
  
  miniatum: Latin - the colour vermilion.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  H. miniatum grows in river gorges in the high Peruvian Andes.
  
  