Sorry for all the pictures. I also was given several bulbs for this little lovely.

Hi Joey,

What a great haul :-)))) I really like the drooping trumpet shape and color of the hippie, is it yours or waht that part of the haul? Your gladiolus looks wonderful and the colors are spectacular, it looks like a Dalenii or similar. I tried to grow them up north, but our winters proved a little too cold and didn't survive. I may try again, but this time I'll lift the corms in the fall. Your zepheranthes looks wonderful too. I also grow this one and it looks like atamasco to me. Very soon I'll take all m yzepheranthes and habranthus out of the basement and on to the warm and sunny patio. Thanks for the lovely pictures.

Fred

Hey Fred! Thank you! All of the pictures are from the weekend haul. The red hippie I bought because the trumpet shape seemed really pronounced and my great grandmother's xJohsonii seem less pronounced. The Zephyr an these just grows scattered about in cultivation and as a volunteer all over. The Dalenii also are all over the shoulders of these rural roads. I am trying g to identify the other hippie. Is it an old heirloom hybrid? Is it a named Cultivar that I just don't know the name of?

Hi Joey,

I don't know the name but it's very nice. Does it have any fragrance? As far as I know many of these old heirloom varieties do.

And I love your Gladiolus! I just brought mine up from the basement yesterday and brought them into the garden. I have to lift them every fall because our winters are too cold. But I only know the varieties you can buy in the garden centres. Yours look like wild flowers! How tall are they?

It looks as if you're having fun :-)))

Anja

A heirloom Hippeastrum hybrid, a heirloom Gladiolus, and another heirloom Hippeastrum, which does look like the OLDEST KNOWN heirloom Gardeners' Amaryllis namely the "St.Joseph's Lily" which is H. x johnsonii.

The white flower is known as a "rain lily" (or as Fred pointed out, they are more formally known as Zephyranthes). I have them in yellow and pink. They haven't done very well for me, but I think I don't let them get dry enough. I'm going to try a terracotta pot in full sun and see if I can give the conditions they need.

I also love the veining on your red and white vittatum hybrid. She would offer lovely genes for new crosses. I think her veining might carry over to the next generation.

I have several like this as well. I think it could be "Baby Star". The ruffles and the striping look very similar. I'll try to get a pic of mine tonight. The pic below is a stock image.

Here is my Baby Star. It is very similar to yours lokai99. Unfortunately the scape broke off due to some rough housing but i should be able to enjoy the bloom for a few more days.

It is beautiful, Stephen. Thank you for the name.

Thanks everyone for the information. I haven't been able to respond as quickly as I would like due to the fact that I am not at home and my wifi connections have not been very reliable. I hope you are all enjoying some warmer temperatures.

The glad reminds me of g dalenii but the colors in your pic are so vibrant, it gives me pause. Mine are not so bright plus doesn't seem to be prolific as you describe yours to be.

I thought it was g. dalenii myself after doing some picture searching online. The 2nd and 3rd pictures look consistent with what I found online, but the 1st and 4th seems just slightly different. Could it be just variation between spate populations?