Yes Cynthia. It turns out that the Japanese one is probably really a Habranthus tubispathus. There is another more blue one in Argentina, which is supposed to be the real H. caeruleus. As happens a lot in the Rainlily family, there are no definites until it can be checked with the DNA or whatever it is called. Ina On 30/12/2015 3:43 a.m., Cynthia Mueller wrote: > Ina, did you receive anybody's input about the varietal differences in H. caeruleus? Are there many rain lily fanciers in Japan? I can see that new Hippeastrum varieties seem to originate there. -Cynthia Mueller, Central Texas > > Cynthia W Mueller > >> On Dec 28, 2015, at 12:13 AM, Ina Crossley <klazina1@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The first flower in H. caeruleus. However, it has a red throat, not a green one. Evidently there is a red throated one in Uruguay where this one originated, via Japan. Does anyone here know more about that? >> >> https://picasaweb.google.com/105705718728872493718… >> >> Ina Crossley >> Auckland New Zealand >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/