Martinique-1909. Described as a
cross between Sprekelia formosissima, the Jacobean lily, and [a
hybrid] Amaryllis vittata. "The flowers are fiery crimson—like
those of the Jacobean lily but very much larger. The blooms are nine
inches in diameter and are even more remarkable for their long curious,
twisted petals, which give the flower a strange appearance and which is not
found anywhere among the Amaryllidaceae. The leaves are pale green,
upright, strap-shape, one inch wide and eighteen to twenty inches long."
Seed capsules were produced abundantly but with rarely a viable seed.
Photo from Burbank catalog, reproduced in Herbertia (1942)