Spider Lily

Hymenocallis caribaea
  • Spider Lily
    Location: Okinawa Taketomijima
  • Spider Lily
    Location: The Busena Terrace
  • Spider Lily
    Location: Thailand
  • Spider Lily
  • Spider Lily
    Location: The Busena Terrace
  • Spider Lily
  • Spider Lily
  • Spider Lily
  • Spider Lily
  • Spider Lily
  • Flower name
    Spider Lily
  • Scientific name
    Hymenocallis caribaea
  • Aliasササガニユリ, Hymenocallis caribaea, Spider lily, Hymenocallis speciosa
  • Place of originWest Indies
  • Place of floweringSeashore
  • Flowering seasonJuly, August

What is Spider Lily

Spider Lily (Latin name: Hymenocallis caribaea) are half Hardy bulbous plants in amaryllidaceae native to West Indies. Trumpet-shaped flower like white morning glory in the middle (Crown) and the six spider came in the shape of feet long perianth has the 雄shibe fragments, and orange. Aromatic flowers.


●Illustrations of Similar Crinum


Hama-yuu Family 1
From left to right, African Crinum (Crinum bulbispermum), Hama-yuu (Crinum asiaticum),Spider Lily (Hymenocallis caribaea)


●Comparison Illustration of Crinum


Hama-yuu Family 1
From left to right, illustrations of African Crinum (Crinum bulbispermum), Indian Crinum (Crinum latifolium).


■Similar Crinum


1) Flowers that produce white blooms, from the same family but different genera (Amaryllidaceae, Crinum genus)
●Hama-yuu (Crinum asiaticum)
●African Crinum (Crinum bulbispermum)
●Indian Crinum (Crinum latifolium)
●Crinum jagus (Crinum jagus)

2) Flowers that produce white blooms, from the same family but different genera (Amaryllidaceae, Hymenocallis genus)
●Spider Lily (Hymenocallis caribaea)

Common name: Spider Lily , scientific name:Hymenocallis caribaea , origin: West Indies, plant height: 50-80 cm, flower diameter: 20 cm, flower color: white flowering season : July to August (in Japan).


  • Order
    Asparagales
  • Family
    Amaryllidaceae
  • Genus
    Hymenocallis
  • Species
    H. caribaea
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Scattered inflorescence/ umbrella shape
  • Petal shape
    Funnel/trumpet shaped
  • Leaf type
    lanceolate
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typeEvergreen perennial
  • Flower colorsWhite
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height50.0 ~ 80.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower20.0 ~ 20.0 cm

Flowers blooming in October

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