Amaryllis/ xAmarygia
annejim (Sun, 04 Jan 2004 23:18:58 PST)

Hi Brian,

I writing off-line so I dont know if your question has been already
answered. The term Amarygia was created by Les Hannibal for the
intergeneric Brunsvigia x Amaryllis belladonna hybrids. These
hybrids were known in the UK as Brunsdonna's - the name given by A.
Worsley about 90 years ago. However, only Les Hannibal's name conforms
to botanical nomenclature - where both genus names in abbreviated form
are used to create the new bi-generic name for the hybrids. In the UK,
Amaryllis belladonna 'Parkeri' was the name given to a white flowered
Amaryllis (Amarygia) - that was created and introduced by Lady
Parkeri, one of William Macarthurs daughters who was shown how to make
the Amarygia hybrids by John Crane Bidwell in 1841 at the Macarthurs
Camden Park Estate near Sydney Australia.
In Australia these hybrids were initially named Brunsvigia multiflora
hybrids, as this was the Brunsvigia species that Bidwell used to make
the first crosses. It later became known in the nursery trade in
Australia as Amaryllis multiflora 'alba'.
Getting back to the UK - they have been known there as both Brunsdonna
'Parkeri' and Amaryllis belladonna 'parkeri' but the correct name is
Amarygia Parkeri.

Cheers

Jim Lykos

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