It was likely this rare willingness to bloom indoors ... from the Greek word for "sparkle." We call them amaryllis, but botanically, these bulbs are Hippeastrum. In the Amaryllidaceae family ...

For many years, all the children in my family were given amaryllis bulbs as Christmas gifts by my mother, and we’d rush to pot them and have a friendly contest to see whose bloomed first.

Traub (Orlando, Florida; 2 dollars). Plants belonging to the genera Amaryllis, Hippeas-trum, Crinum, Zephyranthes, Alstromeria and others are the special objects of the Society, though its ...