HI, Nice pics!! Your post got me to wondering whether people try to cross spring with fall blooming Hippeastrum by storing the pollen?? If so, how do they store the pollen: 4C, -20C or -80C...or Liquid Nitrogen for that matter?? Just curious :o) Dan

I too would like to know.
Arif

Brigarif,

Very nice, especially since you know you are the only person in the world with them.

Wildcat

Thanks Wildcat
Here are some others.

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ARIF

Such beautiful plants....you make me so "GREEN" with envy Brigarif.

Arif,

Wow! You have many beautiful crosses.

Keep up the good work!

Wildcat

A few more

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There are many more.

ARIF

Arif,

Please post pictures of as many of them as you can! They are SO WONDERFUL. I love, love, love the plant in the third picture of the first set of photos. Gorgeous. May we see more?

Amanda

Hcllo Amanda
You asked for it.

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Ihope you like them.

ARIF

Here is where they come from.

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There are more if you want them.

ARIF

ARIF, your pictures are amazing. I'd never seen such borders before. Or only in my dreams...

Jérôme

IMPRESSIVE!!!

I presume that a good breeding line could be built up by carefull evaluation of the progeny from the crossing of these two, which are so wonderfully veined:
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Your hybrids are beautiful. And you are so lucky to live in a climate where you can grow beds of amaryllis outside year-round.

By the way, I have read about breeding programs using fall flowering plants. I think they just store the pollen and refrigerate it, but I would have to do some research to find what temperature, and conditions they store the pollen at, etc.

CF

Hello HANS-WERNER

I consider you as my teacher in cultivation of these wounderful plants.
I will follow your advice.
A few others.

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And that is not the end of my mongrals.

ARIF

Arif,

These all are so cool!

Do you have pictures of the original four to show us what you started with? I would be interested in seeing the ancestors.

Wildcat

Those beds of blooming Hippeastrum are breath-taking! I've seen them growing in the ground--in warmer climates than mine--but never in such concentration. That was really a treat to see. Thank you, Arif.

Like Wildcat, I'd love to see the original four, or hear what they were (or what colors they were, anyway). You have such a wonderfully varied collection, with a rich range of colors...have you been crossing the "mongrels" with each other? At this point, are you able to guess, roughly, what the offspring will look like, or are you always surprised?

Please, show pictures of as many as you'd like. I will always want to see more of these.

Amanda

That is really cool. I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it. Wow.

I keep scrolling back and forth looking at them, I love all the variations and mass plantings... what else can I say?

Hello Arif.

Thank you for your compliments.

This is a breathtaking one with fine proportions, a nice color arrangement and an extraordinary frilling:
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Do you really believe that this is one original "Clown"?!

Hans-Werner

Dear Arif,
The pictures of your amaryllis are stunning! I particularly like the 5th and 18th pictures.
I hope you continue to post more pictures,they really brighten up a dreary winter day.
You can store pollen,and easily.Place the pollen in twist of tissue paper or a small paper envelope.If your humidity is fairly low( 40% or under) it can be kept at room temperature for many weeks. If your humidity is high,keep it in the refrigerator.I have made sucessful pollinations 6 weeks after harvesting. The one thing that wont work is freezing the pollen. It is nice to be able to make crosses with stored pollen,I know my plants dont always bloom when I want them to and this greatly broadens the possibilities. Lora

Hello HANS-VERNER

NO it is not a clown. I do not have one.

This and the one below it and the following photos are plants from the same pod.

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There are other discards too.

ARIF

What did you mean discards? You are not throwing them away like lora does with the weaker seedlings, right?

Hello, Soultan, Yes I used to give them away to who ever wanted them.By hundreds to my Golf Club and City Parks.But now I have decided to shift all surplus to my near by GOAVA orchard,where I intend to creat an AMARYLLIS farm.
ARIF

What's a GOAVA orchard?

Cindeea....it's supposed to be GUAVA..silly!

Ohhhhh ooopps.... (blushing)! I thought it was some kind of Government owned orchard co-op or something. s'cusa me Arif!

Remember guys, don't throw your seeds or unwanted seedlings away. I have 3 acres here to plant full of amarylli. :o) I welcome any babies. I don't even care of their origin or kind, since I am not planning to sell them, just give away after first year's flowering... But you know that already.
So just make sure not to kill potential bloomers.

Cindeea; I am sorry for incorrect spelling . I have a small farm 15 KM from my home. Origionaly it was started by my great grand father as a MANGO plantation.
Due to climatic changes the mangos stoped fruiting properly, so I have replaced them with GUAVAS, LITCHIS,black and white MULBERRIES and PAPAWS.Some vegitables are also grown.That is where I plan to shift my surplus bulbs.

Arif-no need to apologize! The orchard sounds wonderful, being alergic to Mangos, I am glad to see you have guavas. Would love to see some photos! I can just picture amaryllis spreading under the fruit trees. Sounds really neat!

Just wondering what the correct fertilizing formula is for the seedlings. I have several flats of seedlings but I can't seem to grow them large enough to flower.

Search and ye shell find it. It is there in the past postings.