Dear All, I had this in flower recently, or at least, for the present I accept the name on the gift bulb!. Colour as Diana described. This is the first time flowering for me. Two florets on scape two feet tall. Tried crossing with H. papilio in flower at same time. H. mcbrideii as seed parent has given some seed but H. papilio as seed parent gave nothing. Regards Hamis Soutern England From: diana chapman [smtp:///rarebulbs@cox.net] Subject: [pbs] Hippeastrum macbridei I was given two different clones of H. macbridei some years ago. Both are opening buds at the moment. I can't find a description of this species, and I think the photo on the IBS web site showed a yellow species, although I don't seem to be able to access their web site at the moment. The flowers that are opening are deep red with some striping on the petals. They aren't fully opened yet, and when they are I will take a picture and ask Susan Hayek to put them on the wiki. Has anyone grown this species? Diana Telos Rare Bulbs