I whish it was irisgal_z9, but it is not a hippie. A friend that has Amaryllis Belladonna told me that she has seen those silky threads on them....other friend thinks it is an hyacinth.....?

I'm pretty sure it isn't a Hyacinth.

Rosie, could it be an agapanthus?

Too large for mini agapanthus ant too small for the regular size I think...

Definitely not a Hyacinth - they look like a sort of up-side-down green cone when they first appear. Actually, yellow at first, then turn green. And very shiny, too.

Definitely not a daffodil - irisgal described what they look like when they emerge.

Could be a hippeastrum I think, but I don't see hippeastrums up close any more, ever since a snail murdered the one I planted at home. (And no doubt he or his relatives would eat any future ones, so I gave up.)

My guess - Hippeastrum.

Hippeastrum.

Check out the next-to-last pic here: http://www.bellewood-gardens.com/2011/Ott's%20Nursery_2011-02.html (pic is copyrighted, so I can't grab it to post here).

Hi odinthor, is that Odin & Thor? wow, i should have named myself Wonder Woman or Rarotonga......Wonder Rarotonga! Regardless, I have more than 100 hippies, this is not one. Those silky threads....I am going to ask Zeus, or Tlaloc.....

Not hippeastrum - much more likely to be amaryllis belladonna - planting very similar though, so no need to fret.

I was thinking the other night how I'd described Hyacinth bulbs as first showing yellow 'cones' and then their turning to green.

I realised that I was describing bulbs that were late to be be planted. The green tips belongs to those bulbs on the top of the crate and of course the yellow tips belong to the sprouting bulbs underneath. Normally, people have planted their hyacinths before this happens.

Just clearing that up.