Oooooh, very cool and refreshing!

Such a pretty cultivar!

Good luck with your croswes.

Oh, Cindeaa!!!

It is so, so, so very pretty! Does it really have yellow in it? I know that Hans said that this one is a tet, but I would love to get even one seed with Papilio pollen.

Oh, well. My improved Papilio is now in bloom, and I only have one single bud showing so far on my newly acquired Lemon and Lime. At least, now I have a good picture to compare in order to make sure mine is the real thing. You never know nowadays until you see them bloom!

It's a beauty! Thanks!

raydio....expect some sugar from this baby.

elizabeth, the pic does no justice to it's creamy lemony yellow-white that blends into ripe green lime throat. I am mezmerized by it. I can not give it justice trying to describe it's coloration. When i found out there was 'yellow' amaryllis, I 'got the vapors' sigh! lol I hope to take better pictures on sunny days as it's amazing full buds open for me.

ps eliz-it is one of the bulbs I got from Scheepers this fall and it is a honey of a bulb, very plump and 3 scapes! The flower is more yellow cream than the photo depicts. I really hope yours turns out stellar, too.

Oh, Now I am really getting excited! I was afraid that I would be disappointed by this one, but sounds like I will not.

When I looked at this bulb, there was a big gap where the previous scape had dried. I almost broke that section off, but thought again and decided NOT!

Indeed, the existing scape is coming up exactly where the gap from the dried up scape was. I don't ever recall this happening before. It is unusual that I can see where the old scape was so vividly as this one.

Out of curiousity, buds of different varieties have differet shapes. This bud is more rounded rather than elongated. Was yours?

I am really lovin this one too :)
Elizabeth, I would try the papilio pollen. I put puniceum and Santa Cruz on it about 10 days ago and both pods are forming equally well. Of course,there is plenty of time for one of those pods to drop but you never know. Lora

Santa Cruz?

I have some Santa Cruz pods that are dark green and beautiful. They are six weeks old and not very big, but no sign of dropping off.

3 are selfed, and one is Lima.

Do you think Santa Cruz is diploid or Tet or what?

I have never seen pods hold on this long and be so small and green and thick skinned.

????

Hi Elizabeth,
I'm betting Santa Cruz is a tet. On the first scape I selved,x Cupido,Baby Doll and puniceum. The selved pod looks ok,puniceum dropped,Baby Doll looks ok and Cupido is greatly larger than all the others. I'll figure out what to put on the second scape tomorrow but it will likely be some of the lg flowered hybrids.
The pods are rather thick looking,don't seem to be developing into lobes like usual.I'm not sure if there will be empty pods,just a few seeds or quite what.
Some of the new ones I'm playing with are not behaving like they should-Exotica has fat,healthy pods from tets and puniceum,which should be a dip. Only time will tell if that pod has anything viable in it but it looks real good. There are also 2 good looking pods set on Appleblossom. The first was pollinated Dec 21st and is filling out just like any other pod. All around it's been an interesting season and I am waiting with fingers crossed to see just what comes out of these pods. Lora

Oh, Wow! Lora, I bet the Cupido cross will make some nice babies.

3 of my Santa Cruz pods look like they are in the process of starting to abort. What a shame after watching them for so long. The 4th one is getting fatter all of a sudden.

The pods are exactly as you describe. Thick skinned, deep green and more rounded and not really lobed at all.

Please keep track of what works. I can barely see a bud starting to emerge, so I'll get a second chance, and it won't be the only thing in bloom this time.

I had two beautiful pods on Appleblossom last year. I even moved it to filtered shade because of the heat and drought. The pod grew to about half maturaty, then suddenly and quickly turned brown and into mush.

Please keep us posted on what you find out about ploidy. I want to save diploid pollen for when Johnsonii blooms in the garden. I'm going to self Johnsonii again and try dip pollen on a few.

elizabeth, I didn't particularly notice before but you are right, the L & L buds do seem rounder and fuller. This is especially true of the Bolero too that is starting to open. More fuller rounder buds. Man, I cant wait to show you photos of the Crimson Bolero blooming in the same pot as the creamy Lemon and Lime! Maybe tomorrow evening I'll have enough light and the Bolero buds will be fully opened. I now have a mess of the L&L opened tonight. Smashing!

Cindeea,

Great pic. I wish I had a pool room :). Just a quick tip: when shooting your pics, the windows should be behind you. Shooting into the light really darkens up the pics. Cheers.

Plant_Guy

Here is a link that might be useful: My Amaryllis Page

Thanks Plant Guy, I am not so good at photos. Hopefully tomorrow my Bolero Blooms will be open more and I will try your tip. Both the Bolero and Lemon & Lime are in the same pot and make a stunning sight with 2 scapes each bearing 4 blooms each scape. The crimson and lemon color look so great together.

Gee, I like your backlit pic, Cindee. It lets a person see the veins, the structure of the tepals and makes the flower glow from within.

Don't swear off this effect totally, OK?

I love the lovely background also. Just think, a wonderful, screened in pool area... Nice backdrop for these beauties.

Lora, 3 of the Santa Cruz pods are definitely aborting, but the fourth one is getting larger every day now AND it is now definitely lobed. If only, if only, if only, but alas, I did not label the crosses. Shame on me! When will I ever learn my lesson?

At least, I will have another shot at it with the next scape that is emerging. Still no leaves, though.

Please do keep us posted. Perhaps, you could start a thread on Santa Cruz pollination?!??!

raydio and liz-I guess when I take my pics I look at how the flowers look and their detail, not the background. So I can't be totally wrong, eh? Elizabeth, I live on my patio. If we aren't swimming, I am listening to music, just sitting and enjoying sunsets or stretched out on the cedar bench Dennis (my dh built). I have my fountain and my cats and it is the most lived in place in our home! rain or shine. Most of my blooming ammis have few or no leaves either. I think they are concentrating their efforts on making beautiful flowers!

Cindeea,

Sounds like a wonderful life to me! I have a neighborhood next to mine with beautiful huge homes on 5 acre lots, and they have those screened (enclosed) swimming pool and patio areas. I think they are wonderful, and I would certainly live out there if I had one.

Sure looks a lot better than my wind and rain battered gh plastic that covers my patio and porch in the winter months.

Love your pics! Have fun and enjoy the tropical setting, and we will sit back and enjoy the pics!

To me, it represents a tropical background setting, and I love it!

This morning I was hoping to get the sun just right. Here's my clusters of 8 flowers each Lemon and Lime and Bolero.

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Bolero does not seem to want to fully open, is this normal?

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Backlit for Raydio and Elizabeth

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Red Lion, common but beautiful

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:-)

Pretties.

Very NICE!

I love going out on my patio in the morning and seeing the light shining through the blossoms of my Amaryllis. Unfortunally, my camera won't pick up the image because I don't have enough light in there and have to use the flash.

It's a beatuiful sight! Thanks, Cindeea!

Thanks guys, glad you are enjoying my pics. OK dumb dora needs to know...ploidy...tet...diploid...??? What do these terms mean. I am sucking way too much info into my feeble brain, but I gotta know!

Cindeea,

I have created a new thread about ploidy just for you. Hopefully, Lora and others will add their feedback and experience.