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 Brian Whyer wrote: >Hi > >I have a Dutch list that has an entry > >AMARYGIA (Amaryllis) parkeri 'Alba' (belladonna 'Alba') > >Is their confusion in the trade on this/these? Is it the same plant as I >bought last year as Amaryllis belladonna 'Alba' do you think? > >Brian Whyer, zone 8'ish, Buckinghamshire, England > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > >