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My Habranthus robustus 'Freya' strain originated several decades ago at my home, self-seeded from a drift of typical Habrathus robustus (at that time I had no other Habranthus in my collection).  The flowers are much larger than the Type, and the longer tepals are somewhat twisted.  They come true from seed.

What I call my Sprekeastrum 'Valhalla' strain ("Sprekeastrum" is my name for Sprekelia formosissima x Hippeastrum 'Johnsonii'; the 'Valhalla' strain is the F2 generation of the cross) has an individual which is a bit pinkish rather than the full-blooded scarlet of the others.

Some of my Rhodophialas are blooming right now.  I attach three photos.

One, a pink form of R. bifida, is the result of seed received from PBS quite some time ago when I was a member.  To the rear, you see some specimens of Iris pallida 'Dalmatica'.




A few years ago, I received via eBay three small bulbs as being a hybrid of Rhodophiala bifida x R. granatiflora.  Two of them are blooming right now, and are the other two pix. 

 




(Last year I crossed the pink form with the hybrid, and several seedlings resulted, too young yet to bloom.)

First posting here (howdy, all).  I hope I do this right...

I took photos of the four Belladonnas which are blooming in my garden today, and put them together in one image for comparison purposes: