Spider Lily

Hymenocallis caribaea

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  • Flower name
    Spider Lily
  • Scientific name
    Hymenocallis caribaea
  • Aliasササガニユリ, Hymenocallis caribaea, Spider lily, Hymenocallis speciosa
  • Place of originWest Indies
  • Place of floweringSeashore
  • Flowering seasonJuly, August

What is Spider Lily

Spider Lily (Latin name: Hymenocallis caribaea) are half Hardy bulbous plants in amaryllidaceae native to West Indies. Trumpet-shaped flower like white morning glory in the middle (Crown) and the six spider came in the shape of feet long perianth has the 雄shibe fragments, and orange. Aromatic flowers.


●Illustrations of Similar Crinum


Hama-yuu Family 1
From left to right, African Crinum (Crinum bulbispermum), Hama-yuu (Crinum asiaticum),Spider Lily (Hymenocallis caribaea)


●Comparison Illustration of Crinum


Hama-yuu Family 1
From left to right, illustrations of African Crinum (Crinum bulbispermum), Indian Crinum (Crinum latifolium).


■Similar Crinum


1) Flowers that produce white blooms, from the same family but different genera (Amaryllidaceae, Crinum genus)
Hama-yuu (Crinum asiaticum)
African Crinum (Crinum bulbispermum)
Indian Crinum (Crinum latifolium)
Crinum jagus (Crinum jagus)

2) Flowers that produce white blooms, from the same family but different genera (Amaryllidaceae, Hymenocallis genus)
Spider Lily (Hymenocallis caribaea)

Common name: Spider Lily , scientific name:Hymenocallis caribaea , origin: West Indies, plant height: 50-80 cm, flower diameter: 20 cm, flower color: white flowering season : July to August (in Japan).


  • Order
    Asparagales
  • Family
    Amaryllidaceae
  • Genus
    Hymenocallis
  • Species
    H. caribaea
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Scattered inflorescence/ umbrella shape
  • Petal shape
    Funnel/trumpet shaped
  • Leaf type
    lanceolate
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typeEvergreen perennial
  • Flower colorsWhite
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height50.0 ~ 80.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower20.0 ~ 20.0 cm

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