Hippeastrum yungacense? Kiara

J.E. Shields jshields@indy.net
Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:01:53 PST
The correct spelling is "yungacense" but I am not familiar with the form or 
hybrid "Kiara."  Yungacense is a good species  in its own right.

Jim Shields


At 12:31 PM 1/7/2013 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Ton Wijnen has supplied a photo with this message:
>Hallo all
>
>Here my flowering Hippeastrum yungacensis ' Kiara'
>
>Enjoy
>
>Kind regards
>
>Ton Wijnen
>The Netherlands
>David Pilling added the photo to the wiki. I
>found this discussion about it on the Scottish Rock Garden forum:
>http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8944.0
>
>I couldn't find a reference for Hippeastrum
>yungacensis, but there is a photo of Hippeastrum
>yungacense (Cárdenas & I.S.Nelson) Meerow  collected in Bolivia here.
>http://www.pbase.com/image/131070126/
>
>I've added Ton's photo to a wiki page, but could
>use some help with the text and understanding about the plant he is growing.
>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
>
>Mary Sue

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