Hi Diana,
I have photos of many species Hipp flowers that Len Doran
took of his collection. I'm fairly certain your plant is a hybrid.
It has the appearance of a combination of H.aulicum [the
green stripe on the segments and the intense red but not strictly aulicum
shape] and H.papilio [papilio shape and the intensification of the red
colouration with papilio purple/brown]. Your mentioning that the segments
tend to close over is a papilio feature that is reminiscent of the butterfly
after which papilio is named.
Anyone else agree or disagree?
Warren Glover
Sydney
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Foulis" <lmf@beautifulblooms.ab.ca>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 8:16 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Mystery Hippeastrum
> Diana's mystery Hippeastrum is now on the Mystery Wiki page.
> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
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> I've not a clue Diana, but it sure is pretty.
>
> Linda Foulis
> Okotoks, AB
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