Lee, My guess is that both ladies are right -- I think it might be a cross between papilio and calyptratum. Maybe an F2? Jim Shields At 04:00 PM 4/2/2004 -0800, you wrote: >Lee- Your photo looks a lot like H. papillio with most of the maroon >missing. The early blooming time is also characteristic. Mine are >blooming right now but the rest of the hippeastrum's buds have barely >started to emerge. >These Japanese hybrids are very interesting. Do you think there is any >chance of doing a group order from Japan. I might be willing to >coordinate it. >Patty Colville > > >From Lee: >I added a photo of a Japanese (Komoriya) hybrid Hippeastrum called >'Yume Mitai' which means 'Looks Like a Dream' in Japanese. ><http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…> > >Does anyone have a guess as to which species they may have crossed to >get this? > >--Lee Poulsen >Pasadena area, California, USDA Zone 9-10 ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA