ALSTROMERIA or PERUVIAN LILY
Alstromerias, commonly called Peruvian Lily, are like small lilies, with spotted or striped markings, shaded colour, or contrasting patches. There are a huge range of hybrid varieties, all with quite different colours and markings and are available all year round in red, pink, orange, white, cream, yellow, peach and purple. They are fairly long lasting, about two weeks in water. Take care in transporting the flowers as the stem joints are brittle and easily broken.
Alstroemerias are versatile flowers--in both color and form. Always a perfect color highlight for seasonal vase arrangements, they also serve as lovely line flowers in more contemporary arrangements, and--in a short-stemmed cluster--as vivid focal areas. It is often advisable to strip the foliage, since it will yellow long before the flowers fade.
Sometimes called Ulster Mary, obviously an easier pronounciation of it's botanical name, or Peruvian lily from the country of origin. Pronounced Alstro-MARY-ah. The flower is named after Claus Alstroemer, a pupil of the great botanical classifier Linnaeus who went to South America and sent back seeds of a species of this flower.
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