Too many Amaryllis photos!
Diane Whitehead (Fri, 07 Nov 2003 21:27:11 PST)

Thank you, Mike - digitizing all those pictures was a lot of work,
but very interesting. Unless a person grows masses of flowers from
seed, one never sees the range of variation that is possible.
Usually, the grower chooses a couple of favourites, and that is all
that the rest of us see. Maybe we all would have chosen differently.

You mention a number of times that you are selecting for flowers
arranged radially. This is a good idea for a garden plant, as so
often one-sided flower heads resolutely turn their backs on the
viewer, no matter which way they get planted.

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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil