S. formosissima is a tender bulbous perennial to 35cm tall, with several narrowly strap-shaped leaves and a solitary, rather orchid-like bright or deep red flower 12cm wide in spring ...
Houseplants, chromolithograph, published in 1897 Houseplants, top: Tree gloxinia (Kohleria amabilis, or Achimenes amabilis); Persian cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum) with blossoms; Sprekelia formosissima ...
Houseplants, top: Tree gloxinia (Kohleria amabilis, or Achimenes amabilis); Persian cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum) with blossoms; Sprekelia formosissima (or Amaryllis formosissima); Poppy anemone ...