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> 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 http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…