It bloomed! My baby finally bloomed! <3 http://badbear.com/dkramb/index.pl/… The colors are very subdued. I like the top part being pale green. I don't like it nearly as much as I like 'Germa' but this is my baby & I'll cherish it nonetheless. Dennis in Cincinnati On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com> wrote: > My first (and only) cross of Hippeastrum was H. parodii 'Germa' x H. > 'Santa Rosa'. I made the cross in 2010. I sent most of the seeds to the > PBS BX 274 but I kept a few for myself and sowed them. > > Here is the excerpt from that BX offering: "Seeds of Hippeastrum parodii > 'Germa' (pod parent) x H. 'Santa Rosa' (pollen parent). Germa has > tubular yellow flowers. Santa Rosa has unusual white & red flowers with > reddish stems and dark red ovaries (when a pod parent)." > > As of today I have 2 surviving plants, and the first one is now sending up > a bloom stalk. I'm stoked! :-) I'll share pics as soon as the bloom > opens up. I'm guessing 1 to 2 weeks. > > Did anybody else grow my seeds and get any blooms yet? I'd love to see > your pics. > > Loving it! > Dennis in Cincinnati > > >