I am in awe... I just received Becky's seeds today. There could have been 200-300 Hippie seeds in that padded envelope from different crosses. I cannot thank you enough Becky. Your seeds would make a lot of gardeners very happy. And so will everybody's seeds. Named or unnamed. Regular or rare. A single seed could be so appreciated and make a gardener somewhere smile and think of you all who unselfishly shared your blessings as he/she grows it into a beautiful flowering amaryllis. DIZZY ((((HUGS))) Nice to see you girlfriend and your'e most welcome. I'm just very glad I can be of help. And to all who don't know Dizzy yet, she is our Hippie friend in Australia. She got to spend more time here before till she got her precious baby. I think she has a picture of herself, her partner and a pet monkey (?) in the "Who Are you?" thread. Dizzy is the one who is requesting cybister seeds as they do not have these cybisters available there in AU. I got you some here already Dizzy but I'll wait for other's seeds and then I'll ship them all out. Would you be willing to be Australia's "mentor" for these Hippie seeds by the way? I am thinking of shipping one or two shipments there to one address and the mentor will reship to other AU recipients. Of course, I will ask the recepients if they can pay you back the postal cost. If not I can also ask one of my AU gardening friends to do this. Does postal cost within AU for a small envelope cost much? This is also my plan in South Africa. Get a South African mentor for the Hippeastrum seeds to distribute them there. IZHAR...LOL! Hold on for a while. I will be sending these seeds Regular International Mail as I cannot afford the Express mail cost. I have sent seeds and bulbs to Pakistan before and it took like 3 weeks. So please be patient for your seeds. I will email you with the Customs Form # once I get to mail them out. Anybody else who are interested in receiving these seeds, please just contact me. These seeds are for EVERYBODY!!! Thank you, thank you so much to everybody!!!!

Hi Angela, I do not remember what stage this guy was at when I sent it.....some had leaves and others were dormant.....if it was trying to flower and did not have leaves and the flower aborted then perhaps it simply wants to be dormant. Honestly, the way I treat these is by leaving them alone...dry as a bone, until I see a leaf emerging and then I start to water. Please back off on the water until it shows signs it wants to grow and then have at it.....they are easy, but just let them tell you what they want...As I said, I never water to get them to break dormancy....they do it on their own. I hope that others are doing well. Best of luck :o) Dan

Urgs, I just saw how huge the image was, sorry for that! @lily: I have no idea. Haweha commented my pictures on the german forum and wrote that he too had no idea who the ancestors could have been, the broad stakes are a trade of an big flowering cultivar. So perhaps they crossed a trumpet shaped specie with dutch cultivar? You might be able to find who crossed it. @Alana: Yes, I received seeds from Amputo x Sydney and Sydney x Amputo. I had so many flowers, there where 2 stakes with 3 blooms and 2 from one bulb with 4 each! I used this one for my crosses (even though it might just be a stronger clone from tissue cultivation), but I should have pollinated the other ones just to check what workes. I think I'll try to save pollen and try as much as possible. Ok, any suggestions ... finally: Amputo seems to be a Tetraploid regardless of it's fragrant looks. So it's a perfect candidate for a cross with a big-flowerig dutch hybrid. You should be able to preserve some of the colour scemes of the other parent. White flowers are often connected to a genetic defect where the plant's gene that transcribes pigments can't be read. So the other parent should be able to bring in some colours. What I'd like to try would be Grandeur, if anyone has pollen of these ... perhaps I should ask in another thread. ;)

Hi Linda. Interested in Trahlyta and Indian Pumpkin the most. Would not mind a piece of the others except Stella. What kind of perennials you looking for? I just might have something you want. Centaura Montana(large bachelors button blue, John Coutts pink , Phlox, Armeria, Doronicum, evening primrose, jacob's ladder both plain blue or varigated white and green leaves. Might be some Obediant Plant siberian iris or chives or other stuff available. The viola will bloom again soon. Your Destined To See and Elegant Candy are ready if you still want them. My season shall end in frost in a couple of weeks. You still want them or should I place them back in the garden? Julianna