The red markings look like flames on snow or ice or, how about Winter's Flame?

Wowieeeeee!!! All very pretty!!! #8 and #9 for me!

Donna, flaming ice is a perfect description and I want one :) - J

All very pretty. I like #5 and #10

Wow is right!!! #8 and #9 for me too but #10 is right up there!!!!

I am with jessiann, 5&10 for me. # 6 appears to be an outsider but I get them too.

New season, new flowers.

#19 is well-made, isn't it:

Hans, very vibrant and beautiful! I love the contrast of colors and the way they appear balanced and random at the same time - amazing. What parent, do you think, is responsible for the distribution of color? And of course, Congratulations - your crosses never disappoint! - J

Thank you! I cannot answer your question. The siblings are all just in a way or another intermediates. The bulb #19 initially showed 2 scapes, but the first would abort fast after I transferred the pot from the basement to the windowsill where they are being heated from below. #19 to #25 are planted together in a separate, round plastic pot of 4 liters. Now I must wait whether this sibling can produce 4 florets per umbel. Only IF, THEN it is "a keeper".

Beautiful bold colors and a distinctive form! Very nice!

Amazing flower! Ick fall um! Never thougt, they can vary that much. This would be a keeper for sure for me Hans! Congratulations.

Hello Hans,

They're all stunning, you should be congratulated for your patience and your choice of parents. I love the all but if I had to choose, I would vote for 4, 5, 10 & 19 :-)))))

Warm Regards,

Fred

Wow another beauty!! Your crosses are so amazing. I would say this one is a keeper for sure.

Louana

Great photos, all of them, not only beautifull flowers but also very interesting. Who's the handsome daddy? Under The Ladder?

Indeed, the pollen donor was "Under The Ladder". My experiences indicate, that the pollen of "Ambiance" is not even fertile.

All beautiful! BRAVO!!!

Here "we" go again. the one same balcony box with 18 seedlings in it:

Nr.10 ("Flaming Ice")

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Nr.11 (has a subtle fragrance)

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Nr.11, 12, 14

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Something mysterious has happened, At the side of Nr.12 there is a hidden daughter bulb in the Substrate - a single particularly brown-pigmented leaf emerged, and together with it a scape with a particular small but particularly beautiful Bloom. I labelled it Nr.12b bcz I have no other Explanation than a so called "Sport" of Nr.12

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Nr.14,16,15

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The Nr.16 (Bloom in the middle in the Picture above) deserves closer Attention, the flower is very compact, the venation is intense and the inner floral segments have projections:

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Nr.18

Hello Hans,

Congratulations, they are all beautiful!!! I'm curious to see your #12b, the color of the buds look pretty intensely colored. Please post a picture when it flowers.

Fred

Hello Fred, thank you for your Feedback. Which indicates that there was an ambiguity about, which text related to which Picture. I corrected for the ambiguity by including separation lines and additional text which will now make it clear that Nr.12b) is shown in open Bloom.

At everybody who reads: There is imho a "winner" as regards the mere shape of the flower, which reminds me of a starfish. Which of them is it?

Oh, and while I am AT IT, i will show you some typical individual flower of the very "Mother" which is "Ambiance"

Kind regards from GERMANY <3

OH, while I am still AT IT: I pollinated all 4 flowers of "Ambiance" from "Flamenco Queen" which is still regard as the very best commerial output within the category "TETraploids" during the last decade (KUDOS at the breeders who are, AFAIK, Penning Freesia/The Netherlands). And I applied the pollen with a paintbrush, and the last flower I dusted/impregnated was the flower the stigma of which, I knew, had already been pollinated accidentally from the pollen of the own floret. The respective ovary failed to grow to a seed pod, which confirms my prior observation, that self-pollination of "Ambiance" did prevent from production of seeds, which I noticed on a flower of "Ambiance" accidentally contaminated with its own pollen, THEN - impregnated by "UnderTheLadder".

Here some Flamenco Queen of 2017 for you:

And here some upsight on Our ☼S☼NNE☼ SHINE the hindleg-less malinois mix from Romania adopted by my girlfriend .

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Oh Hans-Werner and your lovely Girlfriend; Bravo to you both for taking on this challenge to save and nurture this little dog with such a beautiful face with those eyes that look into your soul!! I can see how you were smitten!! This picture actually brings tears to my eyes!! You must keep us apprised of how you meet the challenges of this special pooch with no hind legs!!

Your flowers are all amazing as always and I love your full picture of Flamenco Queens!!

Donna

Hello Hans,

When I read this and just like Donna, I was almost in tears. You and your girlfriend have amazing hearts and I'm sending you both great big hugs from Piccolina (who is sitting on my lap as I type this) and I. There should be more people in the world like you two, perhaps there's hope for humanity :-)))) As always, your hippies are positively stunning and thank you for the wonderful pictures.

Fred

She is just 1 year old (female-heat twice and yet to be neutered) and she has a traumatic history behind her. She had been found by a boy at the side of a street, her hind legs severely injured, and afterwards, likely due to an effectively-deficient caregiving on this very Occasion, in an overcrowded shelter, the legs became infected and finally had to be removed. During the first months in our custody, we observed that her body would strongly and repeatedly twitch during every time she dropped off to sleep. Which indicated some Revival of her Trauma, but this has got much better now.

She is adorable - in a way which is almost insane.

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Such a beautiful gentle soul with eyes of an angel :-))))

I'm sorry I missed the photo. Does she have some sort of "wheels" for mobility?

Yes, she has a Wheel"chair" when walked outdoors. Other than that, she can walk astoundingly well on her front legs.

Incredible variety. I like no 4 - no 10 s also very striking

Your flowers are beautiful and the story of your little dog is very moving. Thank you for sharing all this!

I really like the color of #12b and the shape of #11. Is this the starfish?

Nr.11 is the starfish.

Here I go again, I include some best of snapshots permanently

Ah, so your little Sunshine (is this her name?) has a friend, how nice for all of you!! They are both beautiful!!

Her name is Lisa, and this friend is an Alaska-Husky... and he is, believe or not, 19 years old.

Well, I hope that caring for little Lisa and her aging gentleman friend leave you enough time for your plants!! ;-)) Nineteen years old, that in itself is a miracle!!

On the Couch bed...

The gear she is wearing is designed for walking her in her wheelchair. Btw, her claws come in different Colors, from bright to black. Oh, and i forgot to mention that she is by far more than the average dog RECEPTIVE to being scratched. Which makes her even more adorable.

Oh My Goodness!!!!! Not only would I be scratching her belly, but I would be giving it tons of kisses too :-))))))

Well, she is very shy in respect to human beings other than the couple humans she does know well, but she is not in the least afraid of other dogs, regardless of size. Backscratches are highly appreciated, and massaging the area at the upper edges of the shoulder blades has her turn her head upright and has her assume an Expression of "Trance". It is the region which is very well known to be prone to a formation of these so called "muscle gellings" (myogeloses) not only in humans, that is.

Okay, one more Picture is DUE - for my friend Fred who is so intrigued with her.

Awwwww...Those look in her eyes. So sweet and precious!

One more!

I absolutely love dogs :-)))) Thank you for sharing pictures of your precious little one :-)))) More often than not, I prefer the company of dogs over people.

Hello Fred, it is the same with me. Generally, a dog will rather fast recognize whether and that one likes them, and then you are already a god for them. I have never possessed one own dog, but I always adored them, and generally dogs KNEW that very fast.

Wie viele Amaryllis-Sorten hast du?

Well, I do not want to brag, but I have at least, if not even some more!

Here we go again...

# 10

#5

Liza and two other rescued-dogs (all three from Romanian dog protection/rescue projects)

Yes, the right paw is missing...

#11 and #14

Again, #11 has a subtle fragrance to its bloom, and the color profile is totally my favorite.

Absolutely beautiful #11 & #14 and your little slice of paradise with your precious babies makes it complete, I love it!!! Please give those little ones lots and lots of snoot kisses :-)))

Thank you for your kind words.

Well, but #14 is great but for its sheer size. The "milk and wine" color profile in #11 is the "real thing" I adore.

Dear FRED if not were your kind words, I would quite not make a fool from myself and show you THIS, LMAO!

This is intense:

Nothing better than a bed full of critters and you're hardly a fool, quite the opposite, you're a wonderful woof daddy :-)))) Thank you for sharing and lots of kisses to them :-)))