Hi folks, It does not look quite like Hippeastrum mandonii to me; at least, not like the mandonii I have: http://shieldsgardens.com/GLOVBulbs/… Regards, Jim Shields At 04:52 AM 5/25/2005 -0400, you wrote: >My guess it is wold be the rare hippeastrum cuzcoensis or even Hipp. >mandonii if the is green in the center. Peru does border Bolivia ( I have a >friend visiting that region now...). > > > > Do any of you Hippeastrum fans have an idea about the identification of > > David Victor's plant? > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > > > >Lee's plant looks like Hipp. striatum var. petiolatum (= var. flamigerum). >These produce numerous, to say the least, bulbils that may be washed/broken >off in nature. >More than a few individuals sent me H. barbatum/H. puniceum album and all >seem to be H. striatum var. petiolatums. I have a plant from Brazil that >some call barbatum, but that seems to fall right into H. evansiae /anzoldoi, >algaiae complex....No one can tell me that Indians (Tapui, or whichever) >did not translocate bulbs for various reasons.So to say that a plant is >found only in one locatin is most likely due to lack of exploration, IMO. > >Spider lily season has begun here in St. Pete, FL > >Kevin D. Preuss >http://www.amaryllis-plus.com/ > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA