Yes, I should have said that the Amaryllis and Lycoris are equally beautiful. I saw my first Belladonnas a mere two years ago in California - along the road near a fruit stand. They were as beautiful as the pictures indicated, despite the location. Still, I like the diaphanous quality of L. squamigera, especially when it's seen in a lightly wooded setting. I can't say anything about the scent, since I never got close enough to smell anything. (Years in a chemistry lab will do that to your sense of smell.) I had a hard time convincing my traveling companions (from Pennsylvania) that the CA Belladonnas were not "Magic Lilies." Eugene Zielinski Augusta, GA > [Original Message] > From: Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@starpower.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Date: 8/13/04 11:12:26 AM > Subject: [pbs] Amaryllis vs Lycoris > > At 10:45 PM 8/13/2004 -0400, Eugene Zielinski > wrote: > >I have to disagree with Jim's assessment of Lycoris squamigera vs Amaryllis > >belladonna. I think they are both beautiful in their own way. > > > I didn't say Lycoris squamigera wasn't beautiful. But what I did imply is > that Amaryllis belladonna is a lot more beautiful. Look carefully at those > Lycoris flowers: they lack symmetry, they lack substance, the color is > indefinite, and they stink - or to be more precise, they smell like vinyl. > Now compare the Amaryllis on each of those points and try - ha! - to > convince me that they are of comparable beauty. The Lycoris is a low class > floozy compared to the Amaryllis. > > Jim McKenney > jimmckenney@starpower.net > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where this establishment is > unfortunately spurned by the higher class patrons and is forced to make do > with the floozies. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php