More on the "orange" Hippeastrum. Today I was looking at a very similar bloom on a Hipp. equestere from Monticello, grown by Dr. William C. Welch, College Station, Tx. They are almost identical in size, color, etc. but the anthers on the just-opened Monticello flowers are very large and colored a dusty mauve. Are one or both of these equestere? Do they have variants? Please help - Kevin or Alan - your thoughts? http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… Cynthia W. Mueller >>> c-mueller@tamu.edu 03/27/04 08:26PM >>> My seed strain of "orange Hippeastrum" has begun to bloom. The parent plant was found in the woods near Sealy (Central Texas), planted out from a grandmother's garden. There are only two blooms per stalk, leaves are small and rather low. This is the plant that has a cream-colored "mask" at the throat. So far (several) seem true to seed, altho I do have other strains at work in the garden. More pics to follow of them. Who could tell me what this is? http://ibiblio.pbs/pbswiki/files/… Cynthia W. Mueller College Station, TX Zone 8b-9 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php
