Hippeastrum
Diana Chapman (Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:16:11 PDT)

I love this species too. this year two bulbs in the same pot bloomed
together, with about ten or twelve flowers in all. However, all kinds
of crises developed in the week or so they were in bloom (not bulb
related) and I missed getting a picture. I was SO sorry, they have
never looked so good. I should say here about this species that it took
a long time to mature and bloom. I got the bulbs as small seedling
bulbs, and I waited nine years for them to bloom. It has such a long
dormancy (like H. argentinum).. Do other people grow this in their
gardens? Where?

Diana

I love seeing H. parodii in other peoples gardens. It's my favorite
Hippeastrum species. And it's the pride & joy of my Hippy collection. I'm
growing the one called "Germa" and it proved itself quite cold hardy
surviving all winter bone dry in an unheated room attached to the back of
my house. It sent up 2 bloom stalks this season and the first one just
started to bloom yesterday. I love this Hippeastrum!

Dennis in Cincinnati
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