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It is my birthday today ;-)

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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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Hymenocallis Tubiflora

Another surprise find, which is a different species of white spider lily usually found by the roadside in Malaysia.

The shape of the bloom is very much similar to the white spider lily. One if the differences is the leaves for this species are shorter but wider. Furthermore, I could not detect the fragrance that normally found from the regular white spider lily, Hymenocallis Littoralis

The photo of the flower


And the different leaves


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More on Double Flowering Hippestrum Puniceum

Just some more info and photo on this rare species.

The petals are arranged 4 in a row, compared to 3 for other normal hybrids. Therefore, it appears that there are so many petals in the flower and the flower does not look like the other double flowering hybrids when it comes to petal arrangements.

Furthermore, there are close to 30 petals altogether in one flower

The back view, which shows the 4-in-a-row petal arrangements



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Double flowering Hippeastrum Puniceum species

Probably the least expected event in the past few weeks, I managed to find an extremely rare and never seen before by most of the hippeastrum lovers all over the world. This rare double flowering hippeastrum species is probably the only double flowering hippeastrum species in existence now.

I was told about it by my two cari.com forummers, alifinara and sofiera. Both are regular nursery goers and they saw this double flowering hippeastrum. Upon seeing the picture, my first thought was, it was the hybrid, 'Lady Jane', but the petals are too thin and too frilly to be 'Lady Jane'. Then , upon seeing it in person, the size is of the bloom is small, about 4 inches across, with a small bulb as well. The petals are thin and gets frilly as they age. The throat is cream in colour, which is similar to the single flowering species, Hippeastrum Puniceum.

Further opinion from the experts, more or less confirm that this is the rare double flowering Hippeastrum Puniceum species. So far, from my search over the Internet, only two collectors have this, one in Hong Kong and another in Florida, USA.

Over the Internet, I could not locate any pictures of this being posted, just an old drawings, at the following links :

One name it as Hippeastrum Fulgidum Plenum

Another as Hippeastrum Fulgidum Flore Plenum

For the time being, I will call this H. Puniceum double.

How come the orchid nursery has this bulbs? ... I wonder, even though she adamantly claims that the bulbs are from the USA, which I believe is more of a sales pitch ...

Here are the photos

The bud


The flower bud, slighly wide in the middle


The flower bud before opening


The face


The throat, notice the cream throat and the anther with pollens


Another view of the throat


Side view


More pictures


Pictured with Roseum, same size bloom


But shorter scape and smaller leaves


With Neon




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Hippeastrum 'Red Pearl'

Deep dark red. This is my third deep dark red hippeastrum.







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Crinum album

Pretty much a tropical amarylids. Got it from my mom's garden who in turn got it from my eldest sister's garden.

White bloom with a crinum fragrance. Prefer partial shade. Now it is producing 3 scapes at one time.



This scape has 3 buds. The shape is lovely from the side. Like it.


Another scape, with 5 buds ...


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Habranthus Gracilifolius

One flower per scape. Slightly bigger than Zephyranthes but smaller than Hippestrum. Bloom that faces sideway compared to upward-facing rain lily.

Found it at the Carnival Landscape Negara at Bandar Baru Bangi two weeks ago.

Straplike foliage, the leaves just a little bigger and longer than Zephyranthes Grandiflora




The bloom that faces sideway


Comparing with Z. Grandiflora




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Hippestrum Cybister 'Evergreen'

All green. Light green. High flower count per scape. I have 5 and 7.





A bunchy look from a single scape.


View from the top


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Hippeastrum Cybister 'Rio Negro'

Different petal shape. Defined line. Dots. Different yet beautiful

A sharp bud






Green throat


Veining and dotty petal


With 'Machala'. It is big!


With 'Mrs Garfield'


Together


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