Blooming hippeas, part 1

Struggling to find the time to update this blog.

Anyway, here is the first set of many :-)

Hippeastrum Sweet Lilian. Love the colour and the shape. Got the bulb as a trade from a hippea friend in Virginia, USA. Thanks a lot Pax!





With the Red Retic





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H Reticulatum var Stratifolium 'Bangkok Rose'

Lack of info on its name, I will just call this H. Red Reticulatum :-).

Purchased it off e-Bay from Thailand in May 2009, about 6 months ago and now I finally get to see its blooms. It has variegated leaves similar to Mrs Garfield. The blooms, however, is similar to the species H Reticulatum var Stratifolium. The blooms is small, less than 3 inches in diameter

The flower, the reticulation, the picotee and the white pollens


Side view


Spreading its wings ...


And now, comparison with Mrs Garfield

The front view


The back view


And the leaves


Everything is about half Mrs Garfield's size :-)