More Amaryllis Blooms...

tazzy-- you are too funny!

Nobody can kill an amaryllis, can they?

Especially an expert iris grower like you! (-:

Well..., maybe Wallaby,.... but next time W. will just leave it under the bed in a box and it will do fine.

t.

Oh tabasco now you have said that, just wait, you may have tempted fate! Some actually come with a virus which takes a while to kill it off, the mass breeding of them in Holland can infect their complete stocks.

I was searching on google last night and found a Dutch grower that actually sells them direct to the UK with online ordering, for delivery in Sept/Oct, but very cheap. You have to buy 3, 5, or 10, but the 3 lots are from £12.50 to £15.00 for such as the H. Reggae, yes they have it! A shame you can't buy 3 different ones! Postage is only £3.50 (cheaper than here!) towards p&p from Holland for any amount, and if you spend £25 they will give one free. They have crocus, allium and tulips too but no so cheap, poss. buy them in. They might also be better quality.

http://www.wswarmenhoven.com/products/Amaryllis_Reggae.asp

I also found on that other site a discussion on H Chico and Reggae, it seems they are both selections of the species H cybister, not a hybrid, so even better.

There is another place here that has some Hippeastrum, I found them last year when selling was done, at the moment they have H. vittatum for only £5, cheap! but post is £7.50 for any amount from a seasonal catalogue, too much for 1 bulb. They are preparing their new Hippeastrum catalogue and say it will be a unique collection, I know they had some very good ones last year so might wait and see what they have.

http://www.rvroger.co.uk/

The present Hipp. offered is in the Lily & Woodland bulbs section, they have some good ones, I like Double Record and Jungle Star, a cybister type, I think it might be nicer than the photo.

Someone placed a bid on the ones on ebay so I let them have them. I am waiting for the best!

Edited 2nd copy, went to cyberspace, got two!

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Thanks Steve..I just thought that being the bloom was there that the chances of getting a flower on them was not gonna happen...I love my amaryllis they seem to cheer me up over the cold snowy winter..!

Loretta....

Patti I love your amaryllis. Don't recognize it. I have two, Jewel and something else and they don't look like yours. Yours is much prettier.

Patti by the shape and yellow eye it looks like one on the rvroger link I gave, Yellow Goddess.
The site goes back to home page, if you click on the 'bulb' link at left, then 'Lilies & Woodland bulbs', then 'Hippeastrum' you will see it at the bottom. I was looking at that one and thinking hmmmm nice, but yet holding out!

Sorry Wallaby-- didn't mean to Jinx us!

Janet, you made me remember the name of my 2nd white amaryllis: Green Goddess. It's supposed to be yellow tinged, but so far, looking pretty white.

Oh gosh, don't tell me this is a mislabel! I won't jump the gun, I will wait til they bloom (pretty soon now) and I'll let y'all decide. green goddess or misnomer.

No problem, Loretta - good luck in your Amaryllis adventures!

That's a pretty one, rose....

Rose318, very pretty.

This hippeastrum was given to me as a gift from a friend, but i am not sure about its name. its flowers are medium sized and it blooms very flolificly.

My clivia
This year it was specially beautiful with longer flower tubes

another picture of my clivia

Hi Boyed, welcome to DG! You have some beautiful Hippeastrum and Clivia, the Clivia looks to be a special hybrid. I love the subtle colours, very pretty!

Hippeastrum Fire Dance is a single red, does it look like this one?

http://www.wswarmenhoven.com/products/Amaryllis_Fire_Dance.asp

Pamela has similar shaped petals but is an orange red, with 4 inch flowers

http://www.wswarmenhoven.com/products/Amaryllis_Pamela.asp

Red Lion has 8 inch flowers

http://www.wswarmenhoven.com/products/Amaryllis_Red_Lion.asp

Rotterdam also has 8 inch flowers

http://www.wswarmenhoven.com/products/Amaryllis_Rotterdam.asp

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I have Pink Floyd and Fairy Tale (2nd round) in bloom now. And Carina is opening with Melusine not far behind. Here's Pink Floyd.
I found this site today for clivia. Check these wild prices.
http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Clivia/Conway.html

Hi Wallaby,

Thank you for the links. I had a look at the varieties and think that most probably mine could be 'Fire Dance'. At least they look very similar. The only thing I know about mine, that it is quite an old variety.

Yippee more lovelies to look at! Thanks boyed and boojum.

Wallaby thanks for those links.

Blooming for me right now: an unknown that just might be 'Orange Soverign' It sure is orange in some light situations and other times it looks a deeper orangey-red. Seems to also fit the height and bloom shape.

And 'Aphrodite' is seducing me with her blooms!

boojum shieldsgardens given above on 23rd for their seed, but these are special breeds. There is also cultivation notes.

Boyed, yes I thought Fire Dance, it is a small one, but the shape of the petals look more like Pamela. If it's an old one it could be a parent of some of these. They are Dutch breeders, so the possibility is increased with being in Europe. I wonder if we could find a site listing the dates and names from the breeding? Now there's a challenge!

All these pretty pics of your flowers is giving me the wanting lust!

I'm in a constant state of lust. I should just stay out of the forums if I want to avoid that!

Moby - we left here 2/22 and there was one big bud on the amaryllis my son gave me for Christmas even though it was in bloom back then. We returned to six huge flowers on it and it looked even better than Christmas Day.

I'm afraid to delete all the over 700 photos on my camera (from vacation) for fear I'll lose them forever on Picasa. So I can't even take a photo of the amaryllis.

What a nice treat to come home to! :)

Great surprise to come home to. Aren't you glad you didn't miss it? I think I put the wrong page up for Dave Conway's (shieldsgarden) clivia plants. Let's see if this works.
http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Clivia/Conway.html

The azaleas I bought (in bloom, in January, from Home Depot) are still blooming, too. Great homecoming, especially seeing the snow only on part of the gardens.

When I was at the Nashville Lawn and Garden Show there was one large booth selling many types of bare root plants/bulbs. He told that if you plant them at least 4 inches deep that they do not have to be a houseplant. He lives in middle TN.
Is anyone else doing this?
Teresa

Haven't tried it but for the plants I really treasure I wouldn't try it.

Here, in zone 7, I tried putting the bouganvillia outside: by spring it was dead.

I got Amaryllis in a round robin last year and it is blooming today.

What a captivating colour! Do you know the name of this beauty?

Here is one more pic

No I don't know it's name, I wish I wrote it down but I didn't. It is so pretty but my camera has a hard time taking a pic of it.

Could you ask the person you got it from? Your camera looks to be doing a great job to me! They do have trouble with reds. The petals look translucent, it has me captivated!

I have one sending up a bloom. Can't wait to see which one.

I have some pictures I just got developed. If I can figure out how to post them I will. It is one thing I can't seem to grasp and hang on to. I guess I need to put it on a post it note and stick it on the computer.

Blessings,
Sandy ^8^

here's a few of Melusine in the only spot of sun.

Another. Flowers are less mini than I thought, but so beautiful!

The buds are a bit creamier than the white on the flower.

It's a keeper!

Interesting! No foliage! But beautiful! :-)

yeh, none of my new bulbs had leaves till after the bloom.

I wonder if it has something to do with growing indoors. My two that grew indoors have no leaves before blooming but the ones planted outdoors did.

I've grown about eight of them, all indoors and all of them had foliage that grew right along with the flower stalks. Hmmmmm.....