Mystery Photos
Kevin D. Preuss (Wed, 25 May 2005 01:52:25 PDT)

My guess it is wold be the rare hippeastrum cuzcoensis or even Hipp.
mandonii if the is green in the center. Peru does border Bolivia ( I have a
friend visiting that region now...).

Lee's plant looks like Hipp. striatum var. petiolatum (= var. flamigerum).
These produce numerous, to say the least, bulbils that may be washed/broken
off in nature.
More than a few individuals sent me H. barbatum/H. puniceum album and all
seem to be H. striatum var. petiolatums. I have a plant from Brazil that
some call barbatum, but that seems to fall right into H. evansiae /anzoldoi,
algaiae complex....No one can tell me that Indians (Tapui, or whichever)
did not translocate bulbs for various reasons.So to say that a plant is
found only in one locatin is most likely due to lack of exploration, IMO.

Spider lily season has begun here in St. Pete, FL

Kevin D. Preuss
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