Anja,

My Cheeky is blooming now too and looks just like yours, very disappointing for sure compared to last year!!

This was last year...

and this year!!!

The bulb itself if doing fine, 3 flowers on the first scape and another scape half way up to blooming.

Our weather hasn't been such that I can put my plants out yet; a sunny warm day interspersed with cold cloudy days or rain. I guess this particular variety is particularly sun sensitive!!

Maria,

My 1623s from last year were somewhere in between yours and Anja's. Maybe I'll get a chance to put them out as there is still no sign of any scapes on either of them.

This is my Cheeky this year. Now I have to bring those in bud indoors as the earwigs are out and very hungry for flowers! The struggle of a Hippeastrum collector in the north! Sighhh...

Donna, I don't know what Cheeky needs to look like yours last year. It must be more than sunlight because my bulb was outside when the bud was growing and we have a very sunny spring this year with warm days and cool nights...

Hi Anja,

I don't either!! Last year my bulb didn't receive any sun if any for me before it bloomed straight from the order and I was thrilled when it looked like it did!! Now, I'm not so thrilled at all!

The bulb itself is a good sturdy grower but what a disappointment with the flowers!

Obviously, this one isn't stable and runs the gamut as to the coloration of the flower! A little variation is fine but mine this year is rather generic looking. I have a second bud on this same bulb so we'll see that this one looks like!!

Donna

Blooming now in this rainy and cloudy day. Middle one is Night Gate. Didn’t expect it to flower for me as I bought this bulb a few years ago and it only bloomed now.

Wow! You sure are having good luck down there!!! As for Night Gate, it's pretty and looks like it might be a sibling of Salmon Taenia, do you think? The few pictures of Night Gate that I've seen just have 2 flowers; yours too?

Evergreen are gorgeous!!

Yes only 2 flowers Donna and I do see a similarity with Salmon Teana only this one has darker bronzy color plus the petals have a shimmer in them. Evergreens are my old ones that rebloomed. Bottom white with pink picotee is a “non Thai Thai” that only bloomed now with 2 scapes. Cloudy day quite hard to take good pics.

Here is Komoriya's picture of it.

Yours is actually much prettier, Maria!

I just love the color of your Nightgate, sort of an antique rose pink...

I loved this so much last year I got me more bulbs if it. One had 9 buds in the scape. Cutie Pies!!!

This one will be on my next list!!! Beautiful flowers!!

Yup...they sure live up to their name :-))))))

Yes ya'll get this one next time. It is really very cute and pretty. Pity that we can't post videos in here. I have lots of videos posted in my Facebook page Maria's Garden USA. Here is Cutie Pie video.

Madame Butterfly today

Ooh la la!!!!

No blooms on mine this year. Last year it had a bud that didn't quite make it out of the bulb although one flower did manage to bloom and the part of the bud that remained in the bulb rotted. I scooped out as much as I could and the bulb is mending but it will be a while before I see one of these gorgeous flowers in person again!!

I repotted it last year in an 8 inch pot and fertilized well. Madame liked that. I think it grew like 3 feet long leaves last year. Then I stored it in garage with papilios. It shed some leaves and kept some. I bet it would be a big plant if planted in the ground. Perhaps that's one reason why they stopped it's production? They can't afford to grow huge plants in the production greenhouses as they cost $.

Wow! Those blooms are enormous!

Ooh I envy you being able to grow lilies!! We can grow them but the deer and rabbits eat them, especially the rabbits!! We have a fenced in area for my hydrangeas to keep the deer out and I was thinking of planting some in there but the rabbits could still get in and feast!

My Madame went out yesterday, I'm slowly bringing my plants outside; I should be done by the end of Memorial Day weekend. The pots are all clay and some are really heavy.

Tell me about heavy clay pots Donna! Majority of my hippies and clivias are in clay pots and I have been culling my large sized clivias to save my back! H. correiense hybrid from Japan blooming now. And here is it's video H. corriense hybrid video

Beautiful!! As usual, waiting on mine to bloom......

Donna,

I have some good rabbit and venison recipes. I recommend posting them around the garden with a note saying "This could happen to you" :-)))))

Maria,

I love your corriense hybrid. I have a few extremely tiny ones that I can't wait till they flower, but that's a lot of hair from now :-)))

Grandbabies with Madame.

That is a beautiful photo, Maria! I can't believe how big your grandchildren are getting!

Great memories in the making!!!

Absolutely beautiful babies and beautiful flower :-)))))

Thanks everyone! I love it that they also enjoy my flowers. First thing they do when they visit me is go out in my garden. Summer who grows her own amaryllis now immediately noticed Madame Butterfly and said..."Wow Yoya! Is this an amaryllis? It's so big and beautiful!" Madame almost got smacked by that little one by the way. LOL

Mislabeled Komoriya purchased as Beyond.

I tried a search for Beyond, but I couldn't find a photo. I assume Komoriya is good about replacing bulbs? They cost a small fortune, so I assume they understand that the collectors who choose their bulbs are looking for something extra special.

Here is Komoriya's stock picture of Beyond when I purchased the bulb in 2016.

Gilmar Feather...LOL This is Gilmar seedling #2 that has those feathery petals that I love. First bloom...6 1/2 inch flowers, 3 buds/scape.

Doubles blooming.

Who needs to do cuttage if the NBFs can do this for you? LOL

You've almost got a klister going, Maria! That's impressive!

Rose Twist and a no name cybister hybrid.

Just gorgeous!! Is Rose Twist the lighter one? How many flowers?

There are some hungry bidders for Komoriya bulbs once again, I can't believe the prices that September Rose Line goes for these days, and to think I had one and it got lifted from one of my barrels!!! Never bloomed for me though.....I just hope that a 2 legged animal has it and it didn't get eaten by a 4 legged one!!

Yes Rose Twist is one in the right and it only has 2 flowers...as usual.

I don't care much for Komoriya hybrids now most specially if the prices go way up there. With so many available now, they all start to look the same to me! I ain't paying $100 for a Komoriya bulb that has a similar looking one for less than $10.

Sonatini whatever, I can’t remember all these numbers anymore! Lol.

Sonatini # 163!! Look at the vibrant color compared to last year and last year's was beautiful too!!

Is it? LOL I just brought out all of my hippies now and let them bloom. I'm not scared of NBF, earwigs, thrips etc. anymore. Que sera sera!

Well, I thought it was, what else could it be?

I had another pale colorless scape of Cheeky. The bulb is still hard and fat but the color is gone; maybe next year!

Yes, I would say #163 too, just your strong colored outdoor version :-) It looks so different from my pale one that it is hard to believe that they are the same cultivar! Mine was the first to bloom from all the Sonatinis although I had it in a cool place so I will never see one like yours I think. Luckily I like the pale version too.

I love your Gilmar feather!

Yes you ladies are right. Last year, this one bloomed with more pale flowers. Here’s Cool Lutz reblooming for me. This one has small roundish bulb so it is possible that it has evansiae in it’s genes.

Oooohh, this is beautiful! I crossed Machala with pollen of evansiarum this season and I would be happy if I get anything like this :-)

Hi Maria,

I love your beautiful blooms and now I'm seriously rethinking of inviting some NBF's to some of my hippies...lol

You know??? I feel the same way towards Komoriya and it's a shame, cuz they had some real pretty hippies. I hate to and I ain't getting into a bidding war...it just makes me crazy and believe me I don't need any help in that department.

It's a no brainer for me now. I'll take this over a $100 Komoriya bulb that you don't even know if it is gonna bloom for you this year or 3 years after you purchase it.

H.Santos HYB is so excellent,from Cultivator of China"于是乎"，Flowers red and white are Clear. And the flowers are very fragrant. so name"xiangshan"，Mean Fragrant Hill，The white ribs of the leaves are clear, very beautiful!

Another HYB form Taiwan, China，is equally beautiful.

OMG how beautiful!!!! You are very fortunate to have such a beautiful plant :-))))) Does this grower export to the US?

Xiangshan is simply stunning!! As you point out, I've never seen such crisp white lines in such a vibrant red!! With striped leaves and 4 flowers what more could anyone ask for!!

The second flower is amazing also with the deep red with those striations adding to the texture of the petals.. I love them both!! Your hybridizing friend is very talented!!

Thanks again for sharing them with us!

Donna

Fred，

sorry,I'm not sure about the export policy and export law.

Donna,

Thank you for your approval.I feel very honored for my friend.