Mystery amaryllis (with pic)?

16 years ago

I have no idea what kind of amaryllis this is, my old neighbor gave it to me before she moved. It's in a large pot with some other bulbs (I'm guessing they are the same ones). The blooms are small but nice. Any idea what it is? Thanks!

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chazparas
16 years ago
Mersipoo, I have no idea what it is, but it is beautiful. It is probably also very dangerous to keep around the house and for reasons of safety you should send it to me to take care of! LOL
I'll be watching this thread, that is a beauty, I wanna know the name too.
mersiepoo
Original Author
16 years ago
LOL! Hey, I can send you some seeds if I get any, email me if you are interested. :) I pollinated it so we shall see! :)
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Take a picture of the leaves and we'll tell you if it has mosaic virus. Lot's of hippeastrums survive very well and for a long time with the virus and, additionally, it is not very contagious. I just found out last year that a heirloom variety that has been in my family for 70+ years is infected with a mosaic virus, now that I know the symptoms. It has NEVER spread to any of the other varieties and the ones that are infected are very healthy - they grow, bloom and multiply as normal, they just have a funny checkerboard pattern on the leaves that appears every now and then (but not always) when the plant is under stress.
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Most of the named hybrids are about the same to grow... fairly easy once you understand their needs. They need lots of light, a porous medium, excellent drainage, careful watering, and they seem to prefer to be grown more like succulents. I feed mine a constant supply of diluted, weak liquid fertilizer, and they grow nicely. The two things that spell disaster for Hippeastrum bulbs are poor drainage/over watering, and freezing temperatures. I'm sure that the more reading you do here, the more you'll learn about my fetish for growing in an inorganic, gritty, bonsai-like medium. I find it's much healthier for the root systems, and I haven't had any fungal or gnat problems since I switched mediums. Growing indoors all year as I do, I find that my bulbs periodically drop leaves and rest... then, out of the blue they wake up and begin growing new leaves. And every spring, I get lovely blooms! These bulbs are not without their own set of horticultural problems, but they're few... and if you take precautions when first potting up new bulbs, you shouldn't have many issues. I use unglazed clay pots, an inorganic gritty medium, and I keep an anti-fungal powder on hand. Outdoors, the only real pest is Narcissus Bulb Fly, which can be devastating if it resides in your area. I'm paranoid, so I keep most of my bulbs indoors. Welcome to the Forum! Stick around and I guarantee you'll learn a ton of good growing information, and the photos everyone posts are gorgeous! Not only that, but this is the nicest group of gardeners you'll ever meet! :-)
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chazparas
16 years ago
Mersiepoo!
I've actually never grown hipps from seed but would be willing to try if I could get a beauty like that!
jodik_gw
16 years ago
Chaz - growing hippis from seed is so easy even I can do it! And if I can do it, I know you can do it!

I'm not good at IDing flowers, but I do like it! It reminds me of a species type flower, although I couldn't say which one...
mersiepoo
Original Author
16 years ago
Chaz, I got yer email and will keep it, will let you know if the pollination was successful. :) There are some smaller amaryllis starts in the tub, I'll have to take pics of those too, so I guess it's easy to start from seed??

Wish I knew what kind it was Jodik, but the flower itself is fairly small compared to most of the ones for sale in gardening catalogs. I'm just glad it bloomed, whee! :)
jodik_gw
16 years ago
I do know that the larger hybrid types are easy to start from seed... I'm not so sure about the species types... I would say, find out what variety you have there, and see if the culture is at all different.

I'm not too sure about the smaller species types... but a search in the forum should help you find out.
mersiepoo
Original Author
16 years ago
Ok, the flowers are starting to wither...will see if it sets any seed pods! Still have no idea what kind it is though.
jodik_gw
16 years ago
I've posted a link below that may have the information you're looking for... if you follow the links to the hippeastrum species section, you may be able to identify your flower. Good luck!

Here is a link that might be useful: Bulb Society

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