Boophone is a small genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family It consists of two confirmed species distributed across South Africa to Kenya and Uganda. It is closely re
Boophone disticha flowerhead with caterpillars of the Noctuid moth Diaphone eumela
Boophone disticha, c, Schanskop
Amaryllis is the only genus in the subtribe Amaryllidinae. It is a small genus of flowering bulbs, with two species. The better known of the two, Amaryllis belladonna, is a native of the Western Cape
Amaryllis belladonna flowers
Amaryllis belladonna, illustration from "Flore des serres" volume 14, 1861