That green throat and those pretty spots also put me in a good mood! I am a big fan of this one.

Hi Joy,

She really is lovely and so needed during this bleak, frigid winter. Thanks for sharing :-)))

Fred

I consider "Flamenco Queen" a supreme accomplishment in modern Hippeastrum breeding. Hello JL, you will probably not appreciate and you will appreciate my Statement, that your flower above is far from showing up what this hybrid has to offer. It will only reveal this in the following Season, when the freshly potted bulb has been settled in. The floral segments will be much broader and more frilly, and the floret just opening can be shaped like a ball since the Segments are overlapping.

I have one right now in Bloom. The net length of the scape is, go figure, 82 cm. There is Little left to improve in the shape of the Bloom. The depth of the Color is astounding, and I do not know of any TETraploid Hippeastrum = "typical DUTCH hybrid" AS densely spotted - and, in the DIPloid cohort, only "Exotic Star" and the species H.pardinum are a match in this respect.

My Vision is a densely spotted Hippeastrum of the same stars-and-stripes type, but with a White midrib which is extended as in "Ambiance" or "Gilmar"

Btw. I am yet to see any "Flamenco Queen" offered as cut flower. But I have seen literally 1000s of "ShowMaster" - their buds, the outside of the Segments that is, as densely spotted, and efficiently mimicking "Flamenco Queen" at this stage, I presume that the absence of Flamenco Queen on the flower-market is due to it conspicuously thinner scape which appears more likely to collapse. The scapes of "ShowMaster" on the other Hand are conspicuosly strong, and I have grown seed pods on them as cut flowers more than once.

Hi Hans - I see you’re very passionate about this hippie and I agree - it’s really spectacular. I have very little experience with them as you know - looking forward to learning more from this group! I have hopes that my flowers next year on rooted bulbs will be even more spectacular , if I can keep them alive!

an update on my flamenco queen and a beautiful second bulb of evergreen!

....and your observation on them as cut flowers is very interesting. I have actually not seen many amaryllis used as cut flowers in the US - but can’t say that I was paying attention. Will do in the future....

The update on the Performance of Flamenco Queen is... AMAZING! Thank you for sharing! I will share my pictures via link since I am unable to share pictures HERE, currently. For now, the Terminus "Flamenco" inspires me to link a very powerful Version of

PasoDoble: El Gato Montes

ha ha awesome! Love that music :)

You've got two beauties there!!