Too many Amaryllis photos!
Jim Lykos (Sat, 08 Nov 2003 19:36:56 PST)

Hi Michael,

I can only repeat what has been said earlier - thanks, its great to
see the results of Les Hannibal's hybridising with Amaryllis Multiflora
cultivars.
I have been wondering for some time what happened to his Amaryllis
collection and have been hoping that someone will display flower
images. 'Bullseye' is certainly very attractive and distinctive. The
development of excellent striped forms should be a reality in our life
times; there was a Multiflora variety sold by an Australian nursery
called Shepherds around 1889, called WG Ainsworth. This variety is
described as large, pure white with a crimson stripe down the centre of
each tepal. We havent found it yet - but we should be able to recreate
this colour form.

Cheers

Jim Lykos
Springwood
Australia Zone 9b/10

Michael Mace wrote:

Thanks to some very gracious help from Mary Sue, the Wiki has now gone from
having only a couple of Amaryllis photos to having too darned many.

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

I finally got around to digitizing photos of all the Les Hannibal Amaryllis
"multiflora" bulbs I received several years ago (at least, the ones that
have bloomed so far). Now you can see the whole range, from white to really
dark pink, with lots of interesting variation. Well, it's interesting if
you're into this stuff.

If you want to look at only one photo, check out the one I labeled
"bullseye."

Mike
San Jose, CA
Zone 9 (min temp 20f)

PS: Would you believe it -- one of the multifloras is still in bloom today,
three months after the blooming season started.

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