Proiphys amboinensis (Cardwell lily, "Giboshimodoki")

Japanese name: ギボウシモドキ （擬宝珠擬）
Scientific name: Proiphys amboinensis

[Overview]
A perennial 0.6–1 m tall, found in tropical rainforest in its native range.
It has a bulb.
The leaves are simple and basal, 20–30 cm long and 15–35 cm wide, broadly ovate to nearly round with a heart-shaped base; the surface is glossy, and the veins curve in a pinnate pattern and are sunken.
The leaf margin is entire.
The leaf stalk is 15–60 cm long.
An umbel at the tip of a flower stalk 0.6–1 m long bears about 5–25 white six-petaled flowers.

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