Eustephia is a small genus of South American bulbs of the family Amaryllidaceae from southern Peru to Bolivia, where they grow in high altitude subtropical forests. The bulbs are summer-growing and dormant in winter. They can be grown like hybrid Hippeastrums, keeping them dryish in winter. The flowers are tubular, pink to red with green tips to the tepals, somewhat resembling the flower of a Phaedranassa. Leaves are linear.
Eustephia darwinii is from Peru near Cuzsco; my bulbs produce their flower stems in the fall. Photos by Diana Chapman.
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