Thanks for the response. This is not an Hippeastrum, they are dormant now, we are just going into winter. I suspect Jim Lykos has the identification sorted. It is too showy for an Amaryllis and the wrong leaves for a Brunsvigia, even the Brunsvigia Grandiflora. I noticed the marbling of the leaves. I have passed on the messages to the original giver of the bulb. Thank you Ina On 27/05/2011 12:08 a.m., Alberto Castillo wrote: > It is not Brunsvigia radulosa, looks like hippeastrum foliage in your photo. > > The first one, that of the foliage, perhaps can go to the wiki but to the virus page. Those stripes are not normal in Brunsvigia, etc. > >