> Can anyone direct me to an online picture detail of the foliage of H. > petiolatum? I take it from the name that the foliage is somehow stemmed at > emergence from the bulb.......is that true? I got the URL below from GOOGLEing Hippeastrum petiolatum. Our own WIKI has pictures of the flower but not of the leaves. The pictures on the site below show the leaves and I do not notice any "petioles" or branching of any kind. http://bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS… I hope this gives you what you are looking for. Glen Pace Pace Gardens MI, USA USDA zone 5