Eureka!

viktoria · Post by **viktoria** » Mar 22, 2007 2:55 pm

Some years ago DD#2 served in the Peace Corps in Africa. She brought me back a few native Amaryllis bulbs that grew in the wild. Although she also brought a picture of the flower, until now I have not been able to get them to bloom so haven't seen one.

I have two bulbs in each of two pots and one larger bulb planted by itself. One of the "twin" bulbs produced two stems with two buds each; the others none. So it is not the bulb size that matters. All were treated the same.

Go figure!

kHT · Post by **kHT** » Mar 22, 2007 11:23 pm

Breath taking!

LucyGoose · Post by **LucyGoose** » Mar 23, 2007 7:31 am

How cool is that? It's really pretty!!

Tigger · Post by **Tigger** » Mar 23, 2007 12:44 pm

Amazing to think of seeing these bloom in the wild. I guess the hybridizers really didn't have to work to far to get to some of our standard holiday hippos.