information and pictures of Hippeastrum request
German Roitman (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:02:42 PST)

Hi all:

I have recently collected an Hippeastrum from the
province of Corrientes (Argentina) from the same
place where the holoptype "first collected
voucher" of Amaryllis euryphylla Ravenna
(Hippeastrum) has been collected. It will bloom
in very few days, it seems it will be a long
white trumpet, greenish outside. Within the
subgenus Macropodastrum, in Argentina has been
cited H. argentinum and H. parodii, but they live
in completely different habitats.

There are two other species from Brazil that
could match the description, one is Hippeastrum
brasilianum and the other one is Hippeastrum
solandriflorum, if anyone has pictures (appart
for the IBS pics) and information, such as
flowering, production of bulblets of this species, please let me know.

New pictures of this plant will be available soon.

Best wishes

Germán