Dear Mary Sue
Thank you very much for welcoming me and for your explanations on the
subject "theft of images"
and hello everybody
I am Hans-Werner Hammen. I am biologist and 47 years old. I am living in
Duesseldorf, West Germany, climatic zone 7.
My favourite subject is the plant family of Amaryllidaceae and in particular
the gardeners amaryllis. As I am not having an own garden I grow my plants
at home (under fluorescent and HP metal halide lamps). I am now having the
last 8 years' experience in cultivating and propagating amaryllis from seeds
and I am more hungry than ever of informations on this subject and in
particular in strategies of hippeastrum breeding.
I confess that I am putting rather big hope in this forum to meet seriously
interested (amateur)breeders of amaryllis as I am. I can say clearly that I
like very much to share my experiences with the members - for me, having
"secrets" as an amateur is something like a funny imagination. On the other
side, the actual subject of stolen images makes me reflect a little bit on
this view. But... for the last my heart is full with amaryllis and with
details about it, respectively, and therefore I have certainly much
interesting things to tell about the subject.
Actually my target of interest is breeding with species and cultivars within
the Omphalissa group of Hippeastrum. I am in this moment waiting for the
results of crossbreedings of H. alicum v.robustum, H.papilio, H.cyb.Hybrid
"Chico" with each other and as far as possible with tetraploid hybrids, too.
In general I am now following the "trend" in hippeastrum breeding and
raising mainly diploid (and triploid) seedlings.
Kindest regards and best wishes to all members of the Pacific Bulb Society
....and adding my personal wish of fruitful information exchange
Hans-Werner