At 02:38 19-07-2005, Mary Sue Ittner wrote: >Dear Carol, > >I keep wondering if when you refer to Amaryllis if what you are really >meaning is Hippeastrum.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 Absolutely! Now how was I to know? The orange one, hippeastrum petiolatum was the first one to be sold in Denmark. Then came the red ones, and now there are rose and striped. However, they are all very large and very Dutch! I think the hippeastrum cybister is the most beautiful flower found! Carol