Amaryllis belongs to a small genus of flowering bulbs native to southern Africa. At the beginning of the eighteenth century these colossal flowers were introduced into cultivation and gradually were naturalized from plantings in urban and suburban areas in much of the West Coast of the USA, Florida, and Australia. The common name "naked lady" is used to identify a wide variety of pink amaryllis flowers that bloom when the foliage has died down. This hand-painted digital image and photo composite was created in Spadecaller’s Florida studio.