The bulbs are from the Netherlands, Floralia.....

Donna, which of your "bulb fairy" bulbs is getting ready to bloom?
I am starting to see a couple scapes on "rebloomers" out in the greenhouse.

Kristi, the #0016 that I received just several months ago. It had an extremely long basal plate and I made the tough decision to cut 2/3 of it off and it dried nicely but still no roots.

All the "fairy" bulbs from Spring are doing very nicely but no blooms yet but it's early so I am hopeful!!

I started a few days ago to take sections of my pots and one by one bring them to the sink for an inspection, peeling and fertilizer and to poison an occasional mealy bug and yes, I have found some but I have it under control this time or so I think. I have bulb peeler's thumb, not particularly attractive at the moment.

☺☺Donna

Pregnant

Not pregnant

had accepted pollen from Orange sovereign, a tetra?

and now, she refuses pollen from these gorgeous tetras

Rosina, Who is your fussy lady, she reminds me of my Estrella....☺☺☺

duplicate post...

Hi Rosina,

I noticed in your picture that the stamens were removed and it appeared pollen was on the stigma of the pistil. If this is when you pollinated it, I would say you pollinated too early. If you look at the stigma, the three segments are not expanded. I have found that the stigma is not receptive until they have separated out into the three prongs. Luther Burbank also noted that it was necessary to wait until the tepals started to wilt a little.

Pollination of Hippeastrum · More Info

Pollination of Hippeastrum · More Info

Pollination of Hippeastrum · More Info

for some reason I cannot get photos to upload so I put them on my Houzz site and loaded them from there. The first two show the three pronged stigma expanded when receptive. Also note that the pollen on the stigmas is no longer fluffy and vibrant colored. The third photo shows the slight wilting of the tepals when receptive. Some varieties have a capitate stigma that is more rounded and does not expand into three prongs. Here you would have to look at the tepals to judge receptiveness. If the stigma is oozing a liquid, it is usually too late to pollinate.

Hi Mr TX amaryllis nursery! Your pictures are beautiful. I pollinate every day.....I am trying hard! Why can she be a little, just a little more cooperative? I was curious about the "capitate stigma" but I couldn't identify it in your photos.

Donna, my striped coral hippie is a cheap plant I got at a local nursery for 50 Mexican pesos, I think it could be an old hybrid. I love her.

Donna, you are right, she looks like Estrella.

Here is a picture of my Estrella from a few years ago when she was happy. When blooming, she regularly puts out more than 4 flowers per scape, is fragrant and has a semi trumpet shape.

If yours has all these attributes than it may be Estrella but if not then it certainly looks like a close relative!!

I just added another picture with a better shot of the red eye which yours has too!

I have 2 offsets, one is with the big plant and this one by itself. I guess it has MV

Splash

Tosca

Lovely Rosina, thanks so much for sharing. Splash and Tosca are two of my favorites although when they bloom they are all my favorites :) - J

Tosca

Splash

Wonderful photography, Rosina!

Thank you, Blanca. How are you?

Rosina, that's a stunning picture of Tosca!! Did you find your Splash has some fragrance, it should! Donna☺☺

No Donna, at least I didn't perceived it.

Hola Rosina,

I'm surrounded by flowers and living la vida loca. How are you? :-)

I am full of dust.! They have been doing some work on our street, changing water lines, etc... It has been like that for months! The other day during my morning walk I saw some of the hippeastrums in my neighbors' gardens, all covered with dust, they should by now had some leaves and get ready to bloom in spring, they decided to stay dormant, I wish I could do the same.....

The horror

Sleeping Black Beauty

Exotic Nymph

Your Exotic Nymph is lovely! I bought Sunny Nymph last year and I liked that one too. I think that most of the Nymphs are some of the prettiest doubles out there, and probably my favorite is still the very original Nymph!! Donna☺☺☺

More blooms

Exotic Nymph

Brazza

Lagoon

Purple Rain

My Tosca is not accepting pollen from any plant.....has anyone been lucky?

Your pictures are gorgeous!!

Hola Rosina,

It's so wonderful to see new blossoms this time of the year and yours are beautiful :-))))

Warm Regards,

Fred

I love your posies especially the Nymph, heres a stupid question. Are they types of amaryllis? I have one getting ready to do a bloom.

Yes, there are 5, now....what are them????

Yo solo puedo aportarte en mi experiencia unos cruces que realice con éxito aún con la incompatibilidad (supuesta) de estos.

H.Exotica (tetra) x Cybister Rosado (dip) = Muchas semillas viables y creciendo a la perfección, 2 años de edad.

H.Yume Mitai (dip) x H.Ice Queen (tetra) = igual, todas las semillas viables y creciendo. 1 año de edad.

H. Papilo (dip) x H. Daphne (tetra) = todas germinadas y creciendo con 1 año de edad.

George says that he had succes with some supposed in compatibles ExoticaxRosado, Yume Mitai x Ice Queen, Papilio x Daphne

Wow! That is really something, if they are 1-2 year seedlings with your care and sunny Coahuila you are going to get blooms very soon. Please post them, your crosses are very interesting and I am looking forward to enjoy watching the results of your work.

All them will be sterile varieties :( I mean all them "triploids"

And I'm not sure completely about Daphne (diploid or tetra). Is a very new variety...I believe this have Cybister blood.

I don't know but she is one of my favorites, so elegant and distinguished and then you crossed it with papilio! You are enlarging your collection with very unique plants.

I don't know the names of any.....the second is very deep velvety red and the pink is tiny, here posing with a slice of American cheese

Ha ha .

It looks like a double whatever it is.

My appleblossom amaryllis is about to blooms.