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Amaryllis/Hippeastrum

USDA Amaryllis Show 1927

17 years ago

I came across this image by accident, Googling something else. I love these old photos:

"Amaryllis Opening Attended by 3,000

Approximately 3,000 people yesterday attended the opening of the fourteenth annual amaryllis show of the Department of Agriculture in the greenhouse at the Fourteenth and B streets northwest.

About 1,100 plants are now in bloom, each plant bearing from one to four flower stems with from two to six flowers on each stem. They are the result of cross-pollination of twelve varieties imported from England in 1909.

Botany classes from colleges and academies will attend the show which will run through next Thursday. Several artists have made requests to be permitted to set up their easels to reproduce the coloring of these plants."

Here is a link that might be useful: USDA Amaryllis Show 1927

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Comments (10)

Noni Morrison
17 years ago
Oh my gosh! I Love the photo!!! WIsh we had color shots of those amies!
anna_in_quebec
Original Author
17 years ago
I know! As an archivist by profession, I love the look of black and white, but I too would love to see this in color.
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jodik_gw
17 years ago
You can sort of imagine the different colors by the patterns... Larry is colorblind, so I'll ask him what colors he thinks the various flowers are. He'll probably be able to tell me quite accurately.

It's a very cool photo and short article! Thanks for posting this!
Dar Sunset Zone 18
17 years ago
Lovely photo. Thanks!
ryan820
17 years ago
Wow!!!!! I bet that scene looked amazing in color. Great find, Anna!
beachplant
17 years ago
That is cool!
Tally HO!
holantina
17 years ago
Really lovely. I like old photos/films, etc. a lot.

Thanks for posting and happy gardening!

~Lourdes~
sprouts_honor
17 years ago
That's so cool! Thanks for sharing.
e36yellowm3
17 years ago
Great find! Thanks for posting it. Alana
Carol love_the_yard (Zone 9A Jacksonville, FL)
17 years ago
And that first bulb on the right is still growing in my yard. ;)

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