Absolutely Fantastik there,Maria.I love your pix.That Residence is something! Even the exterior of the bloom is special.Now wake up the rest will ya! Peace,Mark

Oh Maria, they are simply exquisite.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for those beautiful photos!

Hi there my nightowl friends!!! LOL!!!

You are most welcome!

Mark..."Now wake up the rest will ya!"
Are you kidding me??? I will if you'd come over to help me repot and prepare the 200 plus pots of hippies!!!

Waaaaaaa...I need more bigger clay pots, potting mix AND a GREENHOUSE!!!! I should buy some Lotto tickets! LOL!!!

Geezzz...These Hippies are draining my checking account!

Maria-I would gladly help you with anything,anytime.You spend alot of time and considerations helping others.You'll get payback. Peace,Mark

As always Gorgeous blooms and photos!! Jungle star is a real beauty and residence is like a double cybister. I love it!

Hi Maria,

Thanks a lot for taking the time to put together these great Hippis and pictures to share with us. Your Jungle Star and Residence are both fantastic. I could not wait to see how the Striped Panthers are going to look like.

Happy Spring to you too!

Beautiful, as always, Maria! I love seeing your photography! You're such a professional!

Residence reminds me of a cybister version of Red Peacock... it's got the same prolific nature, almost the same colors, and it looks wonderful with the sun shining on it! That red orange is a knockout!

They're all fabulous, Maria! And, I'm with Mark on this... what goes around, comes around... meaning, the generosity you've shown toward others, and the help you've given, will most certainly come back to you! You'll see!

Thank you so much for sharing all this beauty!

Maria, those are gorgious photos & flowers!!
Jan

I am too out of breath after seeing all your great photos to say anything more than...'does anyone know CPR...?"LOL

Maria your inner beauty radiates through the flowers you grow with love. just beautiful, my dear friend, just beautiful!!

Gorgeous, as always Maria! Your bulbs love you so much! That Residence is a knockout! I've never seen anything like it.

I can't wait to see more!

-Frank

Oh my, oh my....Thanks guys!!!

Arrrrrrrrrrrrree you ready for this?

Strrrrrrrrrriped Pantherrrrrr!!!

The ONLY trumpet that's awake. All of the other trumpets are still snoring!!!
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The stripes and it's thin picotee....
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The face...
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Trumpets calling for spring to come...
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The show is just starting...
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Who needs big pots???
SPs flourishing in 7" pots and look at those tall strong scapes!!!
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Will somebody peel these onions!LOL!!! Notice that SP has rounded leaf tips. It's short and very well behaved leaves have this bluish sheen too.
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SP bulbs develop these very dark almost black and shiny outer bulb skin. This one is in the process of doing that. From cream/yellow to brown to black/brown.
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The Hippies have a saying...

"The family that blooms together stays together!" LOL!

So here are more members of "the family" that are in bloom right now...

Lima with it's second scape!
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That dark maroon thin petals are just beautiful.
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And together with Jungle Star I which is the most fertile of all the Jungle Stars. It has a darker but smaller flower.

If I cross this two, would that be incest? Hahaha!
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Rio Negro almost didn't make it to the pic session. But it did and opened a flower for me...

Love that flower shape...
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And those petal markings...
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Beautiful striped flower buds
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And look at these dots...
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That's it for now my dear friends. Guess who's next out of it's winter rest? Rembrandt Van Rijn(s). I knew RVR was part of "the family" too. I'll try to post pics once it opens it's flowers.

YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEK AHEAD!!!

Ahhhhh yes the wake-up call.captivating pix too.Maybe Pumas shouldnt look at Panthers too much.He gets the likey-likey wanna-wanna's I like the growth habits with the leaves and scape bud color.Possible that this,Sweet Lil and MG are siblings? Keep those wake up pix coming Maria! I'm soaking them up!
Thanks and peace,Mark

All those stripes and dots! I'm feeling a little giddy.....
What stunning looking family you have there! Your photos remind me why I love these Cybisters so much.
You know where to send any seeds you have left over from these beauties ;)

OMG!!! Such sweet eye candy.

I love all the photos, but my favorite is the one of the trumpets calling for spring to come.

STUNNING!!!!

Maria... I'm just about speechless! Stunning photo layout, my dear, simply stunning! I just don't know what else to say!

I enjoyed that very much! I especially loved seeing Striped Panther and its beautiful trumpets, heralding the arrival of spring! Wonderful!

Thank you so very much, Maria! You're an inspiration to us all! :-)

My dearessssssst Maria!

I AM FLABBERGASTED. PERIOD.

Now, please please allow me to visit and stay at your place. Just put me next to the Hippies. Whilst I am at your place, please do not disturb me and don't serve me any foods or drinks, because I don't want my precious moments, at peace with the blooms, are wasted ... please!

Hatta

OH SO BEAUTIFUL! I really really want a residence and a striped panther! ANd I want them to be as healthy and happy as yours!

I was interested to see that your Rembrand Van Rijn's are just starting. NEarly all of my bulbs have bloomd now except my RvR and Giraffes. Maybe that means the will both bloom when their natural time for blooming rolls round.I ended up with a number of both last year and am surprised they have not bloomed.

Lizalily, my Giraffes and Rembrandts haven't bloomed yet, either... perhaps it's the fact that we're north of Maria? I'm sure they'll be pushing scapes soon!

Great show Maria. I wounder if I will have some thing new worth showing this year.
I expect my first bloom in a day or two. You will see them as they bloom (good or bad).

Arif, I never grow tired of viewing your lovely gardens and flowers! I do hope you will include some garden photos this season! :-)

Beautiful pictures Maria, thanks for posting. Suchg an impressive collection. Gives all us newbies a long wish list for sure! Alana

Ohhhh Ahhhh Hmmm... The family is lookin' good! I still love that striped panther! Wonderful work as usual Maria!

I am in awe! Wonderful flowers....:)

Mariava,
I look forward to seeing your beauties, just to see what I want!!!!! LOL, absolutely gorgeous.
I will have to push striped panther to the head of the I want list.

BTW, the jungle bells is growing beautiful leaves the scapes stalled and dried out. I guess the weather during shipping did have an effect on them, I can't wait till next year!

Mine is doing the same, Chaz, so we both have some lovely flowers to look forward to next bloom cycle! I just love that double green!

I have a little Striped Panther youth, thanks to the generosity of my dear friends... but it won't be mature enough to bloom for another couple of years. I don't know where adult bulbs of Striped Panther could be purchased from... I've never seen it offered anywhere. Has anyone else?