I'm finally getting flowers from some crosses I made of Amaryllis hybrids
from Les Hannibal. The results are puzzling, and I'd love to get
suggestions or words of wisdom from the Amaryllis and plant breeding
experts
on the list.

Quick background for people who joined the list recently: About 10 years
ago, the late Les Hannibal permitted a number of us to dig Amaryllis bulbs
from his backyard. These were the extras from decades of breeding he had
done -- he threw surplus seeds down the hill and let them grow anywhere.
I
ended up with about 50 bulbs, a mix of whites, light pinks, dark pinks,
etc.
You can see pictures of some of them here:
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… (you'll need
to scroll down a bit)

I am not a professional plant breeder, but I wanted to see if I could make
some improved forms from the bulbs Mr. Hannibal gave me: match the
superior
size of one plant with the color of another, stuff like that. So I
started
making crosses. Now 10 years later, the first of those crosses are
finally
blooming

Mike
San Jose, CA
Here are my Amaryllis after fifteen years of tight selection
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