Again, it is my birthday today :-)

A year older ... it is my birthday again today :-)

A few pictures from my yard

Sweet Lilian, on its 2nd day blooming, looks prettier



I notice, the dots are more pronounced on the petals and at the back of the petals




H Roseum, it is a special bloom because the bulbs I dag from my parents' house about3 years back. It is first time blooming





And a few more pictures


A surprise orchid bloom that my wife found hidden yesterday, smells nice :-)



Daily bloomers from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm daily


That's all for today, happy birthday to me :-)

Other Amaryllis blooms

The regulars, Roseum by the chain-link fence. The bloom started about a month later, in March, compared to last year which was in Feb.



The red vittatum hybrid (his is the name that appears in the local on-line catalogue :-)


I like the dark-red stripes, striking up close


And, surprisingly, the recently acquired Habranthus Gracilifolius bulbs are blooming again.



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Reblooming

Local amaryllids, so I get to enjoy the reblooms :-)

Scadoxus Multiflorus. Still amaze me with its fireball like bloom, biggr than a tennis ball


Roseum, opening its first bloom of the season


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Hippeastrum Orange Rascal

My cutest hippeastrum yet, blooms measuring about 2 inches on a tiny scape, just slightly bigger than my rain lilies







Next to a ruler


Next to Roseum


Next to my rain lily, Zephyranthes Citrina

Hippeastrum Roseum

Widely available here. May be considered heirloom hippeastrums, already naturalised by the road side in in almost every body's garden in Malaysia.

I got mine given by my neighbour when he did his garden makeover in Jan 2008. I planted them en masse in my garden bed. It does not require any cooling period to bloom, may be just a semi dormant state. It can be forced to flower by cutting all of its foliage at the neck level, the the blooms will be forthcoming in about 2 months time.

Mine that are planted in the garden bed, in its second season of blooming, has been producing blooms since Feb 09 till now. I let them to bloom naturally without forcing.

Th blooms are salmon-orange-pink, with green throat, measuring 3.5 inches on an 18 inches scape.









With the red Puniceum


With Tosca


With Chico






With Night Star


With Germa


With Giraffe


With Blossom Peacock


With Andrea Maguire


With Zephyranthes Citrina, rain lily

Hippeastrum Andrea Maguire

Of the 5 bulbs purchased from Australia, Andrea Maguire is the first to bloom. It is considered miniature double, with cherry red veins, dots and picotee edges







With Blossom Peacock


With Giraffe


And together


With Roseum

Hippeastrum Parodii 'Germa'

Note : Hippeastrum and Amaryllis are technically two different words and are used differently by botanists. Hipeastrum is the more correct word but amaryllis is more generally used. I try to use the correct correct word in my blog as much as possible.

Germa is my first yellow hippeastrum and is classified as trumpet by commercial sellers. It is by far, the smallest hippeastrum in my collection, even smaller than the widely available H Roseum.

Enjoy the photoseries ...


My Germa has this habit of curling back on its 1st day, then it will gradually return to its normal shape over a period of 1 day ....


Pictured with H Roseum because i want to compare the size


I also want to compare its trumpetness ... obviously Germa's trumpet is longer


Pictured next to a yellow plastic pot


Pictured with H Charisma (note : Charisma is on its 4th scape, which I hope is the last scape :-))


Pictured with Benfica


and in between Benfica and Charisma


I got my Germa from Royal Colors. Germa was no listed at its online shop, but was sent to me as replacement bulbs for my Pink Floyd that I received rotten.

Again, a special thanks to Royal Colors!