I assume that Lycoris aurea was all they had in bloom at the time, since as you point out, it certainly would ruin winter hardiness. The picture offspring looked very hippeastrum-like, but a bit off. The intriguing part was the mention of using L. aurea also as a pod parent and getting a variance in flower color of the offspring. Probably nothing, but worth going down a few rabbit holes to see. Tony Avent Proprietor tony@plantdelights.com Juniper Level Botanic Garden<http://www.juniperlevelbotanicgarden.org/> and Plant Delights Nursery<http://www.plantdelights.com/> Ph 919.772.4794/fx 919.772.4752 9241 Sauls Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA USDA Zone 7b/Winter 0-5 F/Summer 95-105F "Preserving, Studying, Propagating, and Sharing the World's Flora" [cid:///image001.png@01D66662.C1452290] Since 1988, Plant Delights Nursery is THE Source for unique, rare and native perennial plants. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> On Behalf Of Nicholas plummer via pbs Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 8:03 AM To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Cc: Nicholas plummer <nickplummer@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [pbs] Hippecoris garfieldii Interesting article. Hippecoris garfieldii sounds a little like stories of Paphiopedilum x Phragmipedium crosses among orchid growers. Every decade or so, someone trumpets that they have Succeeded!, but for some odd reason the "hybrids" always exhibit features of only one parent. "Must be dominant genes," mutters the aggrieved hybridizer. Since Hippecoris garfieldii was made using a hybrid Hippeastrum, one might well expect variation in shape and color among offspring of an inadvertent selfing. And does it strike anyone else as odd that the cross would use L. aurea, if the goal was to increase hardiness? In my garden, H. vittatum hybrids are significantly hardier than L. aurea. Nick Plummer North Carolina https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com/ On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 5:15 AM Erik Van Lennep via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net><mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net%3e> wrote: > Anyone else curious about the writeup, here is a link: > http://bulbnrose.x10.mx/Amaryllis/HIPPECOR.htm > > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… ________________________________ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
