Paramongaia is a genus in the Amaryllidaceae family with two species native to Peru and Bolivia.
Paramongaia weberbaueri This is an amazing flower with a very pleasant scent. First flowering for me. These grow outside all winter for me. Photos taken January 2004 by Lee Poulsen. The first image is of the bud before it opened. The citrus in the second image is to get a sense of the size of the flower (it's a mandarin orange my neighbor just picked off his tree).
Lee's pictures are very good, but I could not resist adding just one more. As above, the flowers are very large and the fragrance is like an "Easter Lily." January seems to be the month for them to bloom here in So. California. Photo by Doug Westfall.
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