Dear Carol, I keep wondering if when you refer to Amaryllis if what you are really meaning is Hippeastrum. Amaryllis is a common name often used for Hippeastrum. The Amaryllis Mike Mace put on the wiki were hybrids that Les Hanibal created from Amaryllis belladonna which is a South African plant. Amaryllis belladonna is a late summer early fall blooming plant that sends us a stalk before the leaves appear after a period of drought. This is why some people refer to it as a Naked Lady. When people used this name on our list there were some people questioning that term since it is a common name for other plants like Lycoris. On our list we generally refer to plants by their botanical names. Since we are a world wide group and common names are not always the same around the world, we hope to know what people are talking about by sticking for the most part to botanical names. Of course if the botanical names are changed all the time, that doesn't always work. I think Hippeastrum was once considered Amaryllis so that may be the source of the confusion. Look at our Hippeastrum wiki pages and see if the illustrations on those page are the plants you are talking about when you write about the Amaryllis you grow. Mary Sue