late blooming Amaryllis belladonna
contact (Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:44:59 PDT)

Ken,
Interesting that you brought up this suject. Some years ago I bought exacly
the same 'lot'; I selected out the pink veined plants: they are much
smaller and very late flowering (they are of interest for these features).
They could be related to the group Bidwell hybrids, but is is just a wild
guess.
Here the dark pink Amaryllis, those who relied on natural rainfall of mid
september, are just finishing off (they ressemble much those of Mary sue).
Now we are waiting for the Amaryllis in question to finish off the season.
I have spent some time selecting special flowers out of random pollinated
sowings, which could be promising. Now when most flwers are gone I still go
on selecting on the colour of the stems which a good indication of the
intensity of the various pink flowers. Very time consuming longterm affair
with the thousands of bulbs growing here. I should ask our experts like
Jim Lykos to put a name to the various forms here, but that is once the
selling season has slowed down a bit.
Greetings

Lauw de Jager
South of France
http://www.bulbargence.com/

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Most of my Amaryllis belladonna and hybrids finished a few weeks ago ... but
these just came into bloom the last day or two. Store bought bulbs bought
late and discounted to 50 cents ... were advertised as 'White' belladonnas
...

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