Amaryllis belladonna - hybrids versus true species

Jane McGary via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Sat, 05 Sep 2020 17:42:29 PDT
I'm puzzled by this discussion. I thought the genus Amaryllis had only 
one species. Are there others, or is this discussion of hybrids 
referring to crosses with other genera (which are well known)?

Thanks, Mary Sue, I will move my Amaryllis bulbs into a sunnier spot. I 
put them in the warmest, most sheltered site in the garden, but it 
doesn't get full day sun. However, I remember my grandmother's garden in 
Lodi, California, where she grew "naked ladies" in a sort of raised bed, 
which was partly shady, and they flowered well.

Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA

On 9/5/2020 2:34 PM, Mary Sue Ittner via pbs wrote:
> I thought it might be interesting to go to iNaturalist and see what 
> the species looks like in South Africa. There were a lot of photos, 
> but most of them were taken in California. If you consulted it, you 
> think that it was native to California. In fact there are a lot of 
> them planted in plain sight on The Sea Ranch even though only native 
> plants are allowed. I found a couple of links to pictures taken in 
> South Africa and most of them show much lighter pink flowers than the 
> California ones. But there is one exception. But the flowers look good 
> sized to me. Of course you can't judge size from the flowers.
>
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