Varied varieties

Finding it rather tough finding time to write any updates to this blog.


Enjoy a few photoshots ...

Probably the bunchiest of them all ... 'Double Dream', a view from the top


Not to be outdone, 'Tosca', with 8 blooms from one scape


The remaining, still attractive in its own way, starting with 'Exotic Star', with 2 blooms per scape, make it even more exotic and desirable


'Temptation', the name itself make you to want one


'Flamenco Queen' a deserving name


The green trumpet that has no name yet.


'Melfi' so elegant and classic


And lastly, and still in bloom today, 'Lollypop'


... the end

Blooms

'Blossom Peacock'


'Mrs Garfield'


Cybister 'Tiramisu'


Cybister 'Melfi'


'Tosca'

My first post

While waiting of the clock to strike at midnight, here goes my rants for the night.

We need to start something somewhere. This blog is about gardening in general and specifically about amaryllis. It seems that I can not find good info in planting amaryllis in Malaysia.

Here is a photo of my favourite amaryllis, hippeastrum 'Tosca', nice bright purple red colour, thin petals, red stamens, big flowers, tall scape ...

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 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 ...

Hippeastrum Tosca, part 2

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Enjoy the photo series ...

Hippeastrum Tosca, part 1

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Extract from Cik Wiki ...

[i]Tosca (pronounced: /‘t̪oska/) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardou's drama, La Tosca. The work premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on January 14, 1900.

One of the most dramatic of operas, dismissed by musicologist Joseph Kerman as a "shabby little shocker",[1] Tosca is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire and appears as number 8 on Opera America's list of the 20 most-performed operas in North America.[2][/i]

Now, let's watch Tosca, the Hippeastrum ....

The bulb, received on 11th Mar, having its roots soaked ...


On the 15th Mar, the two tips of the bud were peeking ...


On the 21st Mar, the buds are growing so slowly ...


On the 23rd Mar ... see the big fat bud ...


On the 30th Mar ... the flower buds ...


On the 31st Mar, morning, the symmetrical flower buds ...


Wallaaa ... the bloom late in the day of 31st Mar .. so tantalisingly and mesmerisely beautiful ... the maroon coloured petals, the veining, and the creamish bottom half ...