Hi Michael, We grow a number of Nerines here in California and none of our plants look like your plants. They look more like our Lycoris to me with that lighter center midrib. If interested, we have a Nerine website up, http://www.nerine.website/ that has pictures and historical info. All the best, Paul Machado On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 3:26 PM Michael Kent <kenttoto@gmail.com> wrote: > I received these bulbs (see the picture attached) from a friend a few years > ago. He identified them as "some Nerine, I don't remember which." I had > seen his bulbs blooming previously, but, that was before I got amaryllid > fever, and all I really remember about the bloom is it was small, red and > Nerine-like. > > I have been waiting for my bulbs to bloom so that I could identify the > specific Nerine, but have had no blooms. I recently saw a specimen of > Lycoris radiata at a local conservatory, and realized that the foliage > looked just like my "Nerine." The posted picture of the plant blooming fit > with what I remember of the plant's bloom. > > Are there Nerine's that have a lighter green leaf midrib, or is that more > typical of the Lycoris family. I'm suspecting the identification as Nerine > is incorrect because, over this past summer, he had some Hymenocallis > narcissiflora in bloom, and also identified it as "some Nerine." > > Thanks for any input. > > Mike > In the frozen Finger Lakes area, Zone 6A, where it is currently 7 degrees, > and dropping... > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: 17_14_42.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 242746 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
