Sprekelia

Taxobox
name = "Sprekelia"

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image_caption = "Sprekelia formosissima"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Amaryllidaceae
genus = "Sprekelia"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 2, including: "Sprekelia formosissima" "Sprekelia howardii"

"Sprekelia" is a genus of about 1-2 of bulbous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, or Alliaceae. They are native to Central America. Like, Hippeastrum, these plants were known as "Amaryllis". The Sprekelia is sometimes called the "Aztec lily", although it is not a true lily. Sprekelia formosissima is common in cultivation, planted in warm climates or raised in pots in colder climates, or planted and lifted, much as gladiolus. Even when well grown, bulbs often don't bloom every year. In a grouping of a dozen or so bulbs, only two or three may bloom in any given year.