Now that you mention it, Ji, the frantic production of bulbils in petiolatum is a result of the stupid mania of potting Hippeastrum uprooted, with the bulb exposed. I never found any wild petiolatum (and many other species) with exposed bulbs, all had an 2-3 in. neck below the ground and invariably had a few bulbils attached. The two or three species that are epiphytic by force are completely exceptional in the genus. > Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:21:02 -0500 > From: jshields46074@gmail.com > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: Re: [pbs] Hippeastrum ID query > > The first looks more like Hippeastrum puniceum to me. H. striatum is quite > variable and H. petiolatum is probably mainly distingueshed from striatum > (if it is in fact a different species) but reproducing mainly fro bulbils. > > The second looks like reginae to me, but I haven't grown reginae myself if > at least 20 years. > > Both of your bulbs look quite nice, in any case! > > Jim S. > > > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Nicholas plummer <nickplummer@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Can anyone help me confirm IDs on some Hippeastrum blooming in my > > greenhouse? > > > > 1. In 2013, I received small offset bulbs of two Hippeastrums from BX341. > > 341-24 was Hippestrum petiolatum, NNBH1304. 341-25 was Hippeastrum > > striatum. Due to carelessness while unpacking, I may have mixed up the > > tags. One is blooming now: > > > > > > http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/myrmecodia/… > > > > Is there any hope of figuring out which plant this is? > > > > 2. I recently purchased a plant labeled H. reginae from one of the general > > bulb vendors (because Telos was sold out). Do you think it is correctly > > labeled? > > > > > > http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/myrmecodia/… > > > > side view: > > > > http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/myrmecodia/… > > > > Thanks! > > > > Nick Plummer > > Durham, NC, USA, Zone 7 > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > > -- > James Shields jshields46074@gmail.com > P.O. Box 92 > Westfield, IN 46074 > U.S.A. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/
