Hippeastrum ID again
Angelo Porcelli (Wed, 01 Jun 2005 06:51:52 PDT)

Last year a friend brought back some Hippeastrum bulbs he found in his
holidays in Mexico (Yucatan) and I got one. Now this year it has flowerd
and I was very curious to see how it looked like. With a bit of
disappointing, it is just the very same plant I found years ago around here
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…
I suspect it is a pure species, because of its small size of the flowers,
which are 12-14cm across, usually 2 or rarely 3 per scape. Anthers are
purple before opening and it has no scent at all and there's a well visible
red 'eye' at the base of tepals. It set seeds on its own and germinates
easily too.
I would guess it was a puniceum, but all the photos I see are more orange
than mine. Any idea?

best regards
Angelo Porcelli
Italy