Paramongaia first flowering & Hipp. aulicum images
Lee Poulsen (Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:16:26 PST)

I can't believe it but two of my Paramongaia weberbauriis are
flowering. One is open and the other is sending up a bud. The flower is
fantastic! My Hippeastrum aulicum also flowered for the first time.

--Lee Poulsen
Pasadena area, California, USDA Zone 9-10

Paramongaia weberbaurii. This is an amazing flower with a very pleasant
scent. First flowering for me. These grow outside all winter for me.
Photos taken January 2004 by Lee Poulsen. The first image is of the bid
before it opened. The citrus in the second image is to get a sense of
the size of the flower (it's a mandarin orange my neighbor just picked
off his tree).
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

Hippeastrum aulicum. This is the first time mine has bloomed for me.
It's kind of nice getting such a pretty Hippeastrum bloom naturally
outdoors in the middle of winter. Photos taken January 2004 by Lee
Poulsen.
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…