You have a wonderful Vivaldi. Beautiful. Just call them or write an e-mail to them with the picture attached. They will credit back your bulb. They always did this to me when I had any problems. If they have some other Melusine bulbs, they might offer you to send you another one. Just accept it... Their bulbs are huge and if that one turns out to be Melusine, you've got this first bulb as a present. A free Vivaldi.
I just bought my Vivaldi from Beck and Becky's. I hope it will turn out just as beautiful as your flower.

Here is a link that might be useful: You can find a picture of Vivaldi here.

Indeed! I received the same 'NOT' Melusine from John Scheepers, and it sure looks a lot like Vivaldi to me. I already had Vivaldi and although it is beautiful, I really wasn't expecting another one. I really, really wanted a Melusine!

Here is my 'NOT' Melusine...

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Ladies, those "NOTS" are aboslutely wonderful! The perfect heart shaped center 'tepals' on the Vivaldi is so beautiful! (did I get that right Robert? :c) hee hee)

Oh, Cindee-Mindee......... ;-)))

Soultan, Thank you for the I.D. I do plan on sending J.S. an email and photo.

Elizabeth, My husband keeps saying "I don't know why you don't like that one", and I tell him it's because it's not the one I wanted, I too, really really wanted Melusine! It isn't that it isn't nice, just not what I wanted.

p.s. It also looks to have another scape starting to grow.

Sent an email and a photo of the hippeastrum that was supposed to be Melusine but wasn't. The company is issuing me a credit.

Oh!

I'd rather have the real thing, but credit isn't bad. You didn't have to return the bulb?

me too! this happened to me last year with EasyToGrowBulbs.com and I bought 4 of 'em. they're pretty but not what i wanted.

Elizabeth, I'd rather have the real thing too, but I was afraid that maybe their whole stock is incorrect from their supplier because I didn't even see Vivaldi offered on their site. eg. Maybe they were sent Vivaldi mislabeled as Melusine? Also, the temperatures here are in the twenties and teens so I don't want to risk a shipment. Also they didn't even ask if I would want a replacement OR a credit, so maybe they don't have the bulbs. No, they did not ask to have the bulb returned, just as Soultan said.

Most of the time by this time of the year, most of the companies don't have most of the varieties anymore. They are pretty mutch sold out. So they just simply offer you the credit. Earlier of the year, when they were still stocked, I asked them to replace the bulbs (I mean send new ones instead of the defective or mislabeled ones), and most of the companies did it without any hassle... Only Bulbmart, the ebay company (also Hirts) demanded to send them back the defective bulbs (two rotten and one ripped apart), because they wanted to resale them or send them back to the grower for credit as well.
After a while, I sent them back the dead bulbs and they didn't issue me the credit, so I just contacted my credit card company and requested a charge back. I hope all the other bulbs will turn out to be true to name. I wouldn't like to issue charge-backs left and right for this stupid company. One is for sure: I will never order from them again, even if they will be the only one who have the variety I long for (Thai Thai, for instance).
John Scheepers, Brend and Becky's, McLure and Zimmermann, The Amaryllis Bulb Company were all responsible... Though I have to tell you, that they all had their mislabeled bulbs or rotten bulbs sent out, but they correct the mistakes in a jiffy. So they are pleasure to do business with.
Oh, and I shouldn't forget the worse company ever: Aaron's Cannas or TyTyGa. Small bulbs, all mislabeled, and NOT EVEN known hybrids... I wish I had had been more aggressive when I was dealing with them and requested the charge back at that time too. But I am not buying from them again, since they are crooks too.

I think they were shipped Vivaldi instead by the wholesale company that supplies them. Makes sense.

I'll send them an email with a picture, then they will know that their entire shipment is most likely Vivaldi.

BTW, Vivaldi makes lots of happy seeds.

Thanks!