That's pretty, does it have a yellow throat,
I like that!
Susan

Yes Taz a lemony yellow throat and beautiful deep colored veins in the petals.

It's beautiful, Cindee! I do love the smaller species types!

I'm not seeing any buds on my smaller bulbs yet, but I discovered another bud this morning... this one is on Rapido! So far, both Lady Janes, Limona, Hermitage, and now Rapido are all budding for repeat bloomings! I'm really happy about all these repeats!

Thanks for sharing Miss Ethel! She's really lovely!

Hi Cindee, very pretty bloom you got there. I thought these ones on the left were striatum but mine are not dainty, it's rather large size. I think lilly star on the right. Or NOID.
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Oh WOW Jan, Are they still in bloom?? Is that the bulb you gave me thinking it was Johnsonii? What are you doing tomorrow? I might come by and see them, they are beautiful! the star in the center really looks like Striatum. It's fun to see you posting here. I was just going to share your Hoya with everyone...I can not believe how long the blooms last!
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Very dainty and pretty Cindee! They look so much like those little orange ones Larissa gave me.

jan1_2007- What a nice display! The ones on the right look just like the photos I've seen for Hippeastrum x Johnsonii. The link below is for PDN and they look just like yours. Is the one on the left orange or red? They are sooo pretty! Thanks for sharing!

-Frank

Here is a link that might be useful: PDN - Hippeastrum x Johnsonii

Amiga Cindee your striatum is very beautiful.
Juan

Your amaryllis is beautiful!!!! It looks like one I had years ago and still yearn for. Is it evergreen? I can see that new bulbs fill the pot like mine used to. Where ever did you get it?

Cindee, the Amaryllis is in bloom. Stop by today, yes that is the bulb I gave you before. Your Hoya is so cute!!! I love the multiflora because it flowers for ever.
Frank, thanks! the one on left is Orange color.

Frank, yes it sure looks like mine in that photo. I need to sniff today to see if it's fragrant.

Beautiful photos! The Hippeastrum on the right looks like xJohnsonii... but the one on the left, I'm not sure about that one. The flowers are large for a species type. I'd be interested in what its name is! It's very pretty!

The Hoya is gorgeous! I've been looking into them, and that star shaped flower is very unique! Does it have a scent?

Just noticed this thread as I had not been here in a couple of weeks or more. Here is my H. striatum that bloomed about 2 weeks ago:
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These were raised from seed from Brasil so I'm drop-dead positive on the ID. My largest bulbs of this species are no more than 2 to 2.5 inches in diameter and I do not think they will ever get much larger than that if it is the correct species. This one bloomed from a bulb no more than 1 inch in diameter and the flower is 3 inches across at the widest point. I have a different clone about to bloom so I will cross them to get some more seed of this species as I want to try some playing to see if I can induce variegation. By the way, this will be momma:
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You can see that the petals are a bit wider, etc. but obviously the same species.

I've also got the one Pat has sent to many of us and I've now passed on maybe 200 offsets and it is about to bloom. I'm certain part of the parentage on that one is striatum so I will cross striatum back on to it to get some seed to fiddle with also.....no room for more of these, but if I could get something weird that would be fun :o) Dan

I think I may be a recipient of some of the offsets, thank you, Dan... they're not ready to bloom, but I think by next year they will be. The largest of the bulbs is about the size of a golf ball, and they are offsetting like crazy! I've actually got 2 pots filled with them... one is a small 4" pot filled with babies, and the other is a large 8" pot with the larger bulbs and lots of little ones.

What surprises me about these particular bulbs is their ability to offset so quickly and fill pots! I hope to see flowers by next year... though they may even decide to bloom this year.

OK Here's the results of my visit with Jan today. Wow what comparissons we made!! First off, I DO NOT think Jan has Johnsonii after seeing it up close and personal and comparing it to My Johnsonii and also the photo in Frank's link. Her beautiful flower has much more white and is a more orange flavour while mine and the one in Frank's link are more cherry red.

My Johnsonii
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Jan's Flower in Question
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Now about the Striatum and it's similarities with hers. We found many likenesses and many differences. She is lifting the face of my Miss Ethel to her flower. (I got to tell you she has this long window box with a dozen or so of these in bloom and it is AWESOME!!!)
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Jan's amaryllis is on tall stalks with 3-4 blooms per scape and the leaves are wide but thin in depth. Her flowers are also a tad darker than mine but they both have the same white to lemony lime throat that is so stunning. The veining in her flower's petals is darker deeper in, when my plant has darker veins from the back of the flower and running more out to the tip of the petals. Her flower petals are more full, mine taper more and the scapes have 1-3 flowers usually and they are shorter stalks.

So Jan has 2 mysteries on her hands! It sure was fun comparing flowers today, spending time with my sweet friend and sharing a warm bowl of her homemade chicken vegetable soup and cookies...all the while I was drooling over her hoya and orchid collections!

Juan, gracias...I will save you some seed from Miss Ethel!

Cindee- That is so cool that you can just hop over and check out the blooms in person. I wish we could all do that! They do look very different up close. I have no idea what they could be, but they are both so pretty! Thanks for sharing them with us!

-Frank

Hey Frank, it was no mere HOP!! It was tons of tourists driving around not knowing where they were going, then over the river to Cape Coral...then maneuvering around the canals and all the beautiful flowering plants and trees that were so close to the water that they didn't freeze like mine!! PHEW! When I finally arrived at Jan's door (oh some 40 minutes later) we had a delightful time talking flowers and plants and eating homemade soup! HEY It was fantastic! I am so glad to have Jan and my other gardening friend Barb so close. We do lunches on a regular basis and the servers at Joe's Crab Shack are used to us bringing in bags of bulbs, tomatoes, fruit and plants with dirt still on their roots, and throwing them on the table while we have lunch. Hell, they must think we a 3 crazy ladies for sure!!!

Man... I need to move to Florida! This sucks... I'm stuck up in the great white north, drifted under snow banks... and you guys are having soup and flowers and chatting over lunch! :-(

I know it's only February, but just when it seems the weather might be getting a little milder, we get hit with another deep freeze and more snow!

Gorgeous flowers, Cindee and Jan! I think Jan's flowers look like some sort of cross between Striatum and something... perhaps even xJohnsonii. The more pictures I view of what are called heirloom amaryllis, the more confusing it gets! They're really all very beautiful, though! It would be so nice to grow outdoors all year... (sigh)

Anyway... thanks for sharing those comparisons... very interesting!

Cindee, it was great having you here yeasterday. It is always my pleasure having my garden friend over.
Thanks for the Striatum babies & the Donau baby, I can't wait to see the flowers one day.
Jodik, I used to live in Vermont. SOOOO COOOOOLD!!!! I certainly don't misss that cold & snow!!!
I couldn't ever move back to cold climate again.
It's been unusualy a cold this winter, going down to 34 tonight so I need to cover some of the plants later.
I brought in about 150 potted plants (hoyas & orchids mostly) inside again.

Jan, my house now looks like yours...except it is more tomatoes that Hoya and Orchids, although those are scattered about too. I moved all my tomato plants inside for this freeze coming (supposed to get into the upper 20s tonight/tomorrow night and we have had 25-30mi hr winds today making it miserable to cover plants and lay frost cloths. Dennis is bring home a low voltage light bulb rig to go under the pergola tonight.

Jan, after seeing your red stripe, the 2nd one that you thought was Johnsonii, and comparing pics on line, I found it has strong characteristics of the following 4-Baby Star, Lilystar, Gilmar and Santos. If the petals were broader I would definitely say SANTOS.

Here is a link that might be useful: Frost Preparation

I had moved about 30 bulbs outside that had already bloomed. I had frost damage on about half of them last night when the temperatures dipped a little further than I had thought. Oh, well. They have been moved into the garage for the next 2 nights and they will go back out Friday and they will be fine. Low 20's is not expected here in February!

Well... in this respect, I'm already covered... everything I grow is indoors, and staying there until at least May 15th, which our absolute cut-off date for frost. I'm really glad I added all those extra lights and put up an extra shelving unit.

Today, we went to a large greenhouse supply company right outside of Danville to pick up our flat and pot order for spring sales! And Larry has been working hard to get all my lights hung in the basement for seeding. Now that everything is in place, I can begin!

Pray for spring, everyone!

blue Dan-I missed your photos earlier. Your striatum is stunning! Your color looks like it is much deeper orange than mine. I just love the little white tips on the petals! My striatum was NOT a good recipient but her pollen did give me a few seeds with Magic Green and Misty Trumpet. I have 4-6 seedlings of each. I am hoping I can at least self her this year. I do not have any other trumpets in bloom but I do have Maria's Jungle Bells I will try it with hopefully.

Glad you liked the pics!! Ya know, I am not sure what causes that little white tip, but I have another one in bloom right now and it has them too so I guess all of my clones have this. These are not self-fertile, but I should be able to cross my different clones so I should be able to get seed. I want to see if I can induce variegation otherwise I would not bother. I have some sort of "mutt" that was supposed to be a cybister about to bloom as well so will try to cross on to that with the pollen from multiple different striatum and F1 striatum hybrids that I have in the fridge from the past 2 weeks.....not sure if I can induce variegation or not.....I know I can induce albinism, but that is not really a useful end result :o) Dan

Hi all,

Could these also be striatum? I have two colour variations, one orange/peach and the other red.

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Hatta

I love that red! I really need to add one of THOSE to my collection!!!

They are very lovely! The red reminds me of H. puniceum or one of the red species types, and the pink/orange looks more like striatum.

Hatta, they are lovely. the orange one is very similar in shape to mine. The red is Most Unique.

My lil Girl is still going strong with 3 shapely flowers to her scape now.
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Hatta, the first one is likely puniceum, assuming you are certain it is a species and not a hybrid. Here is a pic of my bona-fide puniceum grown from seed collected in Brasil:
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Neither looks anything like striatum to be honest. The red one is pretty :o) Dan

Hello Hatta! Nice to see you joining us here. I like that red one. How big is the flower?

Ohhhhh...this makes so guilty remembering my very first Puniceum which I killed. OUCH!!! It was a gift from Lora and I was very new with hippies then, species specially.

I ordered a bunch of these "puniceum/johnsonii/barbados lily" whatever they call them in Thailand several months ago. I hope some of them would give out red flowers just like Hatta's. They arrived root-less and have been sleeping for several months (around 3 months) now. I checked on them once in a while and they have grown roots but no sign of leaves. I guess they like warmer temps. I am hoping to see some leaves hopefully this spring/summer.

My puniceum from Lora (Goshhh I miss her!)
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Planted in a four inch pot.
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Hi everybody!

Thanks for trying to help with the identification. I am new to growing hippeastrum, so pls forgive me if I posted the pictures in a wrong thread. Like Maria wrote, it has been called with so many names over the Internet. For the time being, I will stick to the name Puniceum.

The orange ones (about 30 bulbs or so) were given to me by my neighbour. The red ones were purchased from a local nursery (3 clumps which has a total of about 45 bulbs, pretty heavy offsetters! Aren't they?). I have plenty of them growing on the ground in my front yard. Sure, I will take pictures the next time they bloom.

Maria, both the orange and the red one has about 4" flower size. The orange one has about 18" scape, whereas the red one has about 12" scape. However, I observe that the size of the flowers and the length of the scapes depend on the 'before bloom care'.

Hatta

Hey Hatta!

If none of my "whatever you call it" puniceums from Thailand give out red flowers. I'm going to Malaysia and dig up that clump!!!

You are learning fast and well my friend! Keep it up!

Hi Maria!

Thanks to you also for indirectly introducing me to this forum. The people posting in this forum are WONDERFUL and helpful, which makes me feel like 'home' in no time.

Ha ha ha ... let me be a gentleman and dig up the bulbs for you!!! :-)

I attach a picture of my gardening 'project'. Inside this 14" pot, I planted Haemanthus (fireball lily) at the centre. The middle ring is planted with the Orange Puniceums. The outer ring is planted with the Red Puniceums and Peruvian lily. I hope, one fine day, they will bloom at the same time. It will be spectacular!

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That would be awesome Hatta! Please take pics and share it here. Ahhhhh..it's 1:00 AM here Hatta. You must be on your lunch break there...lol! I'm going to bed. Goodnight and see you tomorrow.

It's now 4:00am here... insomnia hits once again. No sleep for this gardener tonight.

Many times, species crosses or heirloom bulbs are difficult to identify positively... but they are beautiful, nonetheless! Even without a name, growing and watching them bloom is so wonderful!

I felt the same way when I first came here, Hatta... everyone made me feel at home, very welcome! It's the best forum for Hippeastrum lovers, or lovers of any Amaryllids, really! A finer group of people you'd have a difficult time finding! :-)

Maria, yes, I was posting during my lunch break. Thanks for staying late!

Jodi, take good care of yourself :-)

I DO enjoy watching them grow and bloom. I have so much of those orange puniceums that I managed to give them to my few gardening friends here. They look stunning when planted and bloom in big pots as well as in garden beds.

Agree! This is the best place for hippeastrum lovers!

For info, this red hippeastrum has been immortalised on a postage stamp in my country, Malaysia! The name is stated as Hippestrum Reticulatum though.

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Hatta

Those are lovely stamps, Hatta! When my eyes were in better shape, I did a lot of beading using tiny seed beads... I would laminate pretty stamps, and bead around them, making them into pendants and other neat crafty things! I have a hard time seeing the tiny beads to work with them now, but it was a fun hobby that I really enjoyed!

My current hobby is growing and breeding Amaryllids, mainly Hippeastrums... they're a lot easier to see, and I enjoy them even more than beading!