The hippeastrum is probably a papilio cross. Tim Eck > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of > Lyndon Penner > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2018 5:31 PM > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > Subject: [pbs] What's the deal with both of these? > > Hi there, PBS friends! > > I have two questions you could hopefully answer. In Spring, I bought a bulb > for *Amaryllis belladonna*. I planted it, and of course it did nothing. It > spent pretty well all summer in my cupboard with no water or love or light > and then in September I began watering it. In no time at all, it has burst > forth with a profusion of foliage and appears to be thriving in my kitchen > window. However, there is very unusual stippling- almost like variegation- > along most of the leaf margins. I have attached a photo. Does this have > anything to do with growing conditions, or is this perhaps a virus that I > should be concerned about? Any explanation or guidance would be > appreciated! > > I also bought a 'Red Lion' amaryllis (*Hippeastrum*) in late November and > it is now blooming. It is clearly NOT 'Red Lion'. The blooms are a lovely > reddish pink with lower petals of white. It is extremely beautiful, and of > course not what I expected! Is this a mutant that I was just lucky enough > to purchase, or was the bulb mislabeled? If the latter, I would love to > know the name of this cultivar. Again, see attached photo. > > Thanks for all your help, everyone! > > -Lyndon Penner > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: Amaryllis belladonna.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 76120 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > 8d997/attachment.jpg> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: Hippeastrum.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 95414 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > 8d997/attachment-0001.jpg> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…