This species or cultivars derived from it are one of the common landscape plants found in Ethiopia and throughout the Caribbean. Native to southern and eastern regions of Brazil, this is one of the most widely dispersed of the South American Amaryllidaceae. Robust flowering spikes hold up to 4 widely flaring orange to salmon flowers at a time all with a distinctive white midrib to the petals. In frost free climates plant in well drained soils in full sun. Over time the mother bulb will produce daughter bulb offsets resulting in a large clump and dozens of flowers.

The Garden's Amaryllidaceae collection is a back up of the USDA collection near Miami and as such provides a reservoir of germplasm in the event of a disaster.