×Amarygia is the name used for hybrids between species of Amaryllis and Brunsvigia. The flowers often resemble more of Amaryllis than Brunsvigia.
Various Amaryllis × Brunsvigia crosses have been made over the years, with varying results. The history of these crosses is complicated. If you want to learn more about them, here are a few references:
Seed produced by various ×Amarygia crosses
Use of the name ×Amarygia
Confusion between ×Amarygia and Amaryllis belladonna selections
History of ×Amarygia
The following is a cross between Amaryllis belladonna × Brunsvigia josephinae. Photos taken by Alessandro Marinello.
Reciprocal crosses with Brunsvigia josephinae and 3 color forms of Amaryllis belladonna, white, bicolor, and magenta were made in 1995. It took 12 years for the first to flower and now in 2009, after 14 years only 9 individuals have flowered. The 3 progeny with A. belladonna as seed parent that have flowered look just like their A. belladonna parent, but the 6 that have flowered with B. josephinae as seed parent are intermediate. I call them "Brunaryllis." None of these has been able to set seed with A. belladonna or with sibling pollen so far, but my hope is that eventually one of the progeny will be fertile so an F2 can be produced. The tallest inflorescence this year has a 41 in. stalk height and, with flowers included, stands 52 inches. Flower number has gone up slightly for repeat flowers, starting at about 20 flowers per stalk and now approaching 30. No offsets have yet been produced. Text from Martin Grantham, photos from Ken Gray.
