Hippeastrum Elvas

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This is Elvas, pretty and pretty similar to Aphrodite. The bulb purchased from Royal Colors, flowered in 22 days after planting.

Enjoy Elvas, the hippeastrum









Side by side with Aphrodite


With red Puniceum, Tosca and Aphrodite


Another beautiful rendition from Royal Colors. The flowers from the first scape have faded, and there is a second scape emerging from the bulb! :-> :-> :->

Hippeastrum Aphrodite

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This episode features Aphrodite. In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty and sexual rapture. Aphrodite loved gaiety and glamour, and APHRODITE is simply IRRESISTIBLE! :drool3: :drool3: :drool3:

Here is Aphrodite, the Hippeastrum ...

The bud ...


The back .... half


The side ...


The two sides ...


3 quarter turn ...


Another 3 quarter turn ...


And the full view ...


Closer .....

Zephyranthes, a bunch!

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Easy to grow, multiply easily and will bloom after period of heavy rains, hence the name, rain lily. This time featured as cut flowers!







This morning, I noticed that they came with different petal counts, some with 6, some with 7 and some even with 8 petals

6 petals


7 petals


8 petals

Hippeastrum Cybister Chico, part 2

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The beautiful Chico was brought into the studio, or it was more like, the studio was brought outside to photograph Chico. The photo session was done last weekend.

Enjoy the photo series ...























8-) 8-) 8-)

Hippeastrum Cybister Chico, part 1

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Chico is a Hippeastrum classified as cybister. It is the most spider-looking of all hippeastrums, with small thin petals, burgundy coloured veining.

This is my first cybister .... so, I am pretty excited to see it blooming

The scape is slim and tall ... like a supermodel


The night before the first bloom, the top view ...


and the top view with full bloom ...


Side view ...


Up-close ...


With Tosca ... almost similar color scheme!


With the dainty Roseum ...

White Ginger Lily, Butterfy Ginger Lily

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White Ginger Lily aka Butterfly Ginger yang semerbak keharumannya ....

The bud on 22 Mar


and on 1 Apr


On 2 Apr ... dah keluar 2 tanduk


Pagi ni ... dah kembang macam kupu-kupu


Harum semerbak, terus diserbu sang kumbang ;P ;P ;P


A must have in a garden ... bentuk pokok macam halia, senang hidup, harum semerbak ...

Fireball Lily or Scadoxus Multiflorus

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No, it is not a fire! It is just that I see my 'fireball lily' bloom this week. It is just like a fireball, so fluffy, so yummy, I feel like squeezing it!

At first I thought there would be no bloom because last week, it appeared to bloom whilst inside the bud .... well, as time progress, the scape lengthened and .... walllaaa .... the bloom itself.

Looked like it was blooming within the bud ...


Terlintuk, before being supported with a plant stake ...


Now, it is standing tall and proud ...


A closer look ...


A very very close look ....

Hippeastrum NOID Red n White

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This species is widely available in Cameron Highland where they were planted as garden bed by the roadside.

I purchased the clump in when it was blooming in September last year ...and this time it has rebloomed under my TLC! I am pretty pleased with the bloom.

The bud, when I first noticed it on 21st Mar ...


The flower buds ...


And the blooms ...




A close-up


Planted en masse by the roadside in Cameron Highland