PlantFiles Pictures: Amaryllis 'Merengue' (Hippeastrum cybister), 1 by boojum

boojum wrote:
hi kniphofia. I have a hippeastrum cybister that looks identical to this but Veronica Read identified it as 'Merengue' not 'La Paz.' I think you may have 'Merengue.' What do you think?

Here is her website for cybister 'Merengue': http://www.veronicareadhippeastrum.com/

Here is 'La Paz': http://www.easytogrowbulbs.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD...
(very light bottom petals)

Here is V. Read's e-mail to me:
I can confirm the picture that you attached is definitely 'Merengue' -
I have grown it for several years and will be mounting a major exhibit
of it at the RHS Westminster Show in February 2005. It is one of the
late Fred Meyer hybrids. You can find full details about it and a large
picture in my book: Hippeastrum - the gardener's amaryllis published by
Timber Press (March 2004). The book is available in the USA. 'Merengue'
is one of the finest Meyer cybister hybrids - often 6 flowers per stem
and 3 stems from 30-32cm bulbs. I am selling top class bulbs of
'Merengue' this autumn together with lots of other Cybisters and
trumpets.
Here are the images I sent her.