Alstroemeria psittacina

[Kaleem]

I received this plant from USA few years ago. Its a beautiful and attractive plant. Is there any one, who is growing this beauty in his garden?

[Farhan Ahmed]

hmmm this means alstroemeria can be attempted in our climate.

[hassan167]

its beautiful.bahi its from bulb or seed?

[Kaleem]

According to my experience, its very easy to grow plant, both under sun and shade.
It has roots same like daylily, I tried other varieties from seeds but no success. I will try to have roots of other colors.

[aykhan]

This is a truly exotic plant. It.s been a while since we saw something out of the box. Can it take the sun or is it blooming for you in shade? Does it flower frequently or once a year? Evergreen? What is its maximum height for you?

[khabbab]

I would love to try this plant but when i asked this question "will alstroemeria grow in lahore" to famous horticulturist Zahrah nasir, she did not encourage me. check the second last question at this link:
http://dawn.com/2012/07/15/gardening-fr ... d-flavour/

According to this link http://flrec.ifas.ufl.edu/hort/environm ... ialsii.pdf (Page 29 onwards) it is said that the chilean Alstroemeria species have less heat tolerance as compared to brazilian ones.

I would like to try its rhizomes in fall in lahore specially the brazilian ones. Good to see gardeners trying new things