Hello BetonKlotz,
I am inclined to take it for an "ordinary Mrs.Garfield" with very pretty frilly edges. I looked it up, and everybody can research it for themselves, that the shape of flowers from one and the same cultivar can vary to a degree, and the picture search via GOOGLE is revealing:

Here is a link that might be useful: Hippeastrum Mrs Garfield

Welcome back! (concrete block is it?)

I had a Mrs. Garfield but unfortunately she died. The stripes were not the clear white of reticulatum var. straitifolium, they were more of a cream color like yours and I may be mistaken but I think the leaves on my Mrs. Garfield were a slightly lighter green. If I had the chance to buy another I certainly would. Yours is lovely!
This was my Mrs. Garfield which unfortunately never got beyond 2 leaves.

Donna

Hi BetonKlotz,

She definitely is a beauty, but I agree that it's more likely "Mrs. Garfield". H. reticulatum var striatifolium has shorter almost prostrate leaves and the pure white stripe on the leaves is very sharp and noticeable. Still, I would be very happy to have such a pretty little flower.

Warm Regards,
Fred

Hello Hans-Werner, Donna and Fred,

Thank you all for your reply. Several years ago, I gave her the name 'Silhouette', but I don't know why ;) ... I think she had more pronounced stripes when she was young (or growing under more direct light?). I'm very much happy with Mrs. Garfield, I hope she'll bloom regularly now ... I had only hoped for a slightly brighter pink, these blooms do tend more towards red, but I don't want to complain!

The plant stays at the big North-north-west facing window, there is no direct light whatsoever reaching them. But most of my plants thrive there, there's still enough diffuse light. 'Mrs Garfield' had much darker leafs when she received some evening sun in summer.

I will post more pictures the coming days when all blooms are open. Thanks again!

-the Klotz, Carl

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Here's another picture of Mrs. Garfield, now that all the blooms are open. Sadly, I have nothing to pollinate her with at the moment.

Well Carl...save her pollen. Striped leaves are a treat of their own!
K

I will recieve some pollen of a cross I did "Sydney x Amputo" ... I gave the only plant that grew to blooming size to my brother. I hope the pollen will be here for christmas so that I can dust all four blooms.

I also have two H. papilio scrapes going, if nothing else blooms by then, they'll recieve some of Mrs. Garfields pollen ... I had hoped for my cross of "Supreme Garden x Sydney" to bloom by then, but the bud is waiting just inside the neck for quite some time now. I widened the windowsill on my big north window, but now no heat from the radiator reaches my bulbs :(

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Here's a last picture outside in the sunshine before the temperatures drop way below zero. The later blooms are somewhat richer in colour (see the second pic). I'm happy with the picture, the colours are more or less correct now- something I won't achieve with the other bulbs, since I'm going to take photographs of them in the indoors. I will post those in a new thread by then!

This post was edited by betonklotz on Sat, Dec 27, 14 at 16:51