Lirio Blanco, Lirio Sanjuanero (Hymenocallis caribaea) Hymenocallis caribaea is a plant in the Amaryllidaceae with the English common names "Caribbean spider-lily" or "variegated spider-lily." It is native to the islands of the Caribbean and to northern South America. It is regarded as native to Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Windward and Leeward Islands, and the Venezuelan Antilles. It is also commonly cultivated as an ornamental in many other tropical and subtropical regions and reportedly naturalized in Mexico, Sri Lanka, New South Wales, Bermuda, French Guinea, Suriname, and Guyana.