Pictures of Hippeastrum hybrids, often described as amaryllis and seen for sale in the northern hemispere in December, are pictured on this page.
Hippeastrum 'Apricot Sensation' Photo by James Frelichowski.
Hippeastrum 'Baby Star' has red flowers with a central white star. It's been one of the best performing Hippeastrum in my garden, blooming reliably every season. Photos taken June 2007 by Jay Yourch.
Hippeastrum 'Bianca' This does not follow the description given in Veronica M. Read's book 'Hippeastrum: The Gardener's Amaryllis', however that is how it came labeled. The blooms are 6.5" long, are a creamy ivory colour with a green throat and have a wonderful candy scent. Photo taken November 2005 by Linda Foulis
Hippeastrum × 'Calimero' - Photo by Mark Wilcox, 23 January 2005. These blooms come from a 12 inch/30 cm pot that's sunk into a zone 7 garden except in winter, when it's brought inside to bloom, protected from freezing.
Hippeastrum 'Candy Floss' has very large pink flowers with a central white star. Photos taken June 2007 by Jay Yourch.
Hippeastrum 'Charisma' - Photos by Jennifer Hildebrand, February 2003.
Hippeastrum 'Christmas Gift' Photo by Germán Roitman
Hippeastrum 'Dbl. Pecotee' This one is always an eye catcher. It is a very dependable bloomer and seems to like our weather here in So. CA. I do not know much about its background. Photo by Doug Westfall
Hippeastrum 'Emerald' - Photographed by Kelly Irvin, January 2003 (first photo) and by Lee Poulsen April 2004 (second photo).
Hippeastrum evansiae × reginae - This is first bloom on a hybrid of the 2 wild-collected species (ex Kevin Preuss). Both parents are Brazilian. The flower is red brushed on a light yellow background, with green in the center. Unlike most modern hybrids, so far there are only 2 blooms per scape. Photo by Mark Wilcox, taken in January of 2004.
Hippeastrum 'Fairy Tale' is a small selection with red and white striped flowers. Photo taken June 2007 by Jay Yourch.
Hippeastrum 'Giraffe' Photo taken April 2004 by Lee Poulsen
Hippeastrum 'Hermitage' Photo by Germán Roitman
Hippeastrum 'Jaguar' Photo taken April 2004 by Lee Poulsen
Hippeastrum × johnsonii Photo taken May 2004 by Jay Yourch.
Hippeastrum 'La Paz' from Cynthia W. Mueller. Has bloomed both fall and early spring.
Hippeastrum 'Lima', another H. cybister hybrid. Photograph taken April 2004 by Lee Poulsen.
Hippeastrum 'Madame Butterfly' is supposed to be a hybrid of H. papilio. It is huge, approx. 9 in./23 cm across; does anyone know what the other parent might have been? Photograph taken April 2004 by Lee Poulsen.
Hippeastrum 'Red Peacock' Photo taken April 2004 by Lee Poulsen
Hippeastrum 'Sandra' from Cynthia W. Mueller. A very vigorous clone.
Hippeastrum 'Snow White' from Greg Pettit in South Africa, grown and photgraphed by Arnold Trachtenberg
Hippeastrum 'Toscana' purchased as a cut flower in Cologne. A H. cybister hybrid of otherwise unknown origin. Stems 70cm, flowers 15cm, 4-5 buds per stem. Photo: Jamie Vande
Hippeastrum 'Yume Mitai' Photo taken March 2004 by Lee Poulsen. A Japanese hybrid whose name means 'Looks Like a Dream'. Does anyone have a guess as to which species they may have crossed to get this?
Hippeastrum hybrid double pink. Bred and photographed by Ronald Redding.
Hippeastrum unnamed hybrid. Probably given to me by a neighbor who didn't know how to reflower the bulb.
Photo by Arnold Trachtenberg
Angelo Porcelli placed the photos of the plants below on the Mystery bulbs page, but they have not been identified. They are most likely hybrids. He found these three hybrids/species here and there in some gardens in south Italy.
Hippeastrum#2 is a strong plant, found originally in a clump of over 30 bulbs. Leaves have a typical bluish cast and flowers have a 'triangular' face, about 12cm across (5'')
Hippeastrum#3 has tall stalks and he wondered it if could be H. vittatum or a hybrid of the same.
Hippeastrum#4 has a well visible dark red 'eye' and often flowers again in September.
It stays evergreen, in spite of being routinely exposed to frosts at -2°C and has rather leathery leaves.
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