Mystery Photos
J.E. Shields (Wed, 25 May 2005 18:35:12 PDT)

Hi folks,

It does not look quite like Hippeastrum mandonii to me; at least, not like
the mandonii I have:
http://shieldsgardens.com/GLOVBulbs/…

Regards,
Jim Shields

At 04:52 AM 5/25/2005 -0400, you wrote:

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...).

Do any of you Hippeastrum fans have an idea about the identification of
David Victor's plant?
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

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
http://www.amaryllis-plus.com/

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