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Amaryllis/Hippeastrum

Is this Amaryllis - found them on my parents' balcony in China

15 years ago

Fellow garderners: Just came back from China and found these prolific growers on the balcony of my parents' apartment. Their climate is similar to our high zone 8. I would really appreciate it if someone can id this for me.

They actually have 2 kinds: one has pink pedals (photoed), the other one is red with yellow stripes (not photoes, but leaves and flower shape are similar).

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larschar
15 years ago
It's most definitely a hippi. lol That's about all I can tell you. I'm so worthless! lol She is gorgeous. Look at those stripes :-)
s_p8987
15 years ago
Is it Belladonna?
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npublici
15 years ago
Couldn't the pink be Mrs Garfield? Del
jodik_gw
15 years ago
I think it's very close to a Mrs. Garfield... it's definitely a Hippeastrum, though! Possibly Hippeastrum reticulatum?
frank27603
15 years ago
WOW! Those are some healthy and happy plants your parents have, jjww! I would agree with Del and Jodi that I would vote for Mrs. Garfield. The leaves with the variegated stripe and the blooms look just like the photos I have seen for this variety. I have just ordered a couple, so I really hope they eventually look like these. WOW!

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mariae
15 years ago
I vote for Mrs. Garfield. Is the stripe on the leaves cream or white? if it is creamish is definitely Mrs. Garfield or some other hybrid from H. Reticulatum.
jodik_gw
15 years ago
I have a little Mrs. Garfield bulb, currently growing beautiful leaves... the variegation is lovely!
jjww
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks everyone for the id, I pulled up Mrs. Garfield's photos on google - the leaves, stripes, and color pattern on the flower all fit. I notice the mouth of Mrs. Garfield is green, I have to call my parents to see if theirs' is green too. Mariae, yes the stripe on the leaves are creamish green. Somehow I feel the flowers for Mrs. Garfield have wider shorter pedals, my parent's hippi has slender more elongated pedals. The first time I saw them I thought their shape looks just like a lily.
mariava7
15 years ago
Way to go "Mrs. Garfield"!!! That is a very nice specimen of MG and growing beautifully all the way in China. I wonder what the "red with yellow stripes" is. Thanks for sharing your parent's hippies pics jjww. We need a pic of the other one to help you ID it.

Welcome to the forum by the way.
jjww
Original Author
15 years ago
Mariava7 and everyone else: thanks again for the warm welcome. These plants have been with my parents through thick and thin for the past 20 years! They have reproduced so much my parents ran out of list of people to give a bulb to. According to my mom, these plants had been placed under full sun, now in full shade on a north face balcony, and rarely watered, never fertilized, and they keep blooming and sprouting new plantlets. One of her neighbors just emmigrated and left the plant alone for a year and it kept blooming on its own. How low maintenance can a plant be!
frank27603
15 years ago
Wow! 20 years practically makes them another child right? They must be very fond of them!

I have a feeling if your parents need more names to add to the list of people to give bulbs to, there MAY be many volunteers here able to help you out with that one!!! hehe!

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jodik_gw
15 years ago
I love heirloom plants! It's so wonderful to have friends give pieces or divisions from treasured plants that have been in their families for long periods of time! Pass-along plants, as they're called... I have several houseplants that were given to me as cuttings or divisions, by dear friends. I do treasure them!

It's great that your parents have had such good success with those bulbs! They are very beautiful!
mariava7
15 years ago
One nice thing about hybrids is their wider adaptability to other growing environments different from what the original species had. H. reticulatum striatifolium (the specie and not MG) IS very finicky here in my growing environment.
mariae
15 years ago
I think I need to get one of this ones for Christmas, Mrs. Garfield if so beautiful... CHAD!!!
Even if I have to scratch in every pocket... LOL!!!
I am also curious about the red with yellow stripes, can't imagine which one could it be.
Welcome to the forum, there's wonderful people in here.
jodik_gw
15 years ago
So far, my little Mrs. Garfield bulb has grown two beautiful leaves with nice striping... it seems to like the eastern exposure, and the lights. I hope it will bloom next year!
rredbbeard
15 years ago
I had heard that Mrs. G is a miniature hippi...or is it just that it will bloom from a very small bulb? Nice pics!

--Rick
jodik_gw
15 years ago
I'm hoping it blooms from a rather small bulb, because mine is pretty small as bulbs go... smaller than a golf ball.

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