Hippeastrum Ragtime

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Ragtime is American music genre enjoying its peak popularity between 1897 and 1918, it was like more than 100 years ago! Hehehe so long. frankly I do not know how ragtime sounds! Anyway, my Ragtime is a Hippeastrum flower, produced by Hadeco in South Africa and I purchased it together with Rock n Roll on 11th Mar during my last trip to CH.

Today, the flowers open up fully, so red and all multilayered red!

Enjoy the photo series !

The bulb, the bud and the pot ...


The bud opened up ...


And the blooms ...






Another beautiful double flowering red Hippeastrum :-> :-> :->

Hippeastrum Rock and Roll

Ha ha ha! The name of the latest Hippeastrum to bloom is Rock n Roll, a beautiful full double flowering red with white stripe from Hadeco, South Africa. It was purchased on the 8th of March 09, during my short visit to Cameron Highland ...

The flower is huge, measuring close to 8 inches wide .... it is bright red and so attractive!

Enjoy the photo series !

The bulb in the pot, with the bud already peeking when purchased ...


The flower bud itself ...



And the blooms ....











I am so impressed with the bloom, and so happy because the tag is right this time!
:-D :-D :-D

Hippeastrum Amalfi

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Amalfi is a town in Italy, surrounded by dramatic cliff and coastal scenary .... but I am writing about Amalfi, the hippeastrum. I puchased 3 bulbs at GBP9.60 at e-Bay. The seller is located in England, UK and the bulbs originated from South Africa. Of the three bulbs that I received, 2 are giving out beautiful pinkish with green throat blooms and look amazing with green background

Enjoy the photo series ...

The bulb and the bud ...


The flower bud ...


The blooms ...

Hippeastrum Jungle Bells

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Another new Amaryllis was in bloom yesterday. Jungle Bells bulb that I purchased from Maria off eBay has finally bloomed, 26 days after arriving here.

Here is the pictorial progress ...

The bulb, immediately after arrival on 4th Feb, was having a root soak ...


7 days later, it was growing slowly ...


15 days later, the bud was finally pushed out of the bulb ...


18 days later, the scape was getting longer ....


... then, on day 25, the two flower buds were bulging, ready to 'pop'


in the morning of day 26, one of the buds bloomed partially ..


And the full bloom in the evening of day 26 ...horray!!! I got to witness with my own eyes, a fully double light green Hippeastrum!




Happy!!!!!! :-D :-D :-D