I recently got a nice starter collection of Amaryllid species from Telos, among which was "Hippeastrum blumenavium", which came with the caveat that the bulbs are small. No kidding, compared to large Hippeastrum species and hybrids. But it almost immediately put up a bloom (attached) and a delightful thing it is! As with many of the plants we grow, this fine creature has taken the scenic tour of Taxonomy Hell, being placed in Griffinia, then Hippeastrum, and now Eithea (at least according to the PBS wiki). Despite all the "You say to-MAY-to, I say to-MAH-to", it's a great little plant and I hope to work it into my breeding program. If anyone has done any hybridization with this thing, I'd love to know about it. Bob Zone 7, officially 31 in town for a few hours last night, probably a few degrees warmer up here on the ridge -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_3139.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 2168190 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>