Actually a second genus of Amaryllis was recognized recently, well sometime in the last 30 years or less. On Sat, Sep 5, 2020, 6:40 PM Ken via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Oops ... lets try this again ... I erroneously replied directly to Mary > Sue ... > ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Ken <kjblack@pacbell.net>To: Mary > Sue Ittner via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > I thought this sitation from Richard L. Doutt's 1994 "Cape Bulbs" might > add another factor to the question of hybrids vs true species, based on > color. He quotes Les Hannibal ... "the daytime temperatures at the opening > period of the individual blossoms of the floral umbel definitely establish > the amount of red pigmentation that is present in the blossom." He further > indicated that cool, foggy temps (60-70F) along the coast (in California) > chill the flowers to a near coral red, while those inland at higher temps > may appear lighter pink or washed-out. This was often my experience in hot > inland Concord, California, where many Summer daytime temps usually > approached 100F at bloom time in late July/early August. Some years, we'd > be lucky with cooler daytime temps at bloom, and I noticed my likely > species A.belladonna produced darker pinks, although not like those I would > see at the coast. The late Wayne Roderick was convinced that the hybrids > (with Brunsvigia) generally bloomed later than the species, although annual > weather variances can affect bloom time as well. Attached are two shots of > different hybrid bulbs I obtained from the late William Welch > (Bill-the-Bulb-Baron) blooming for me now in San Diego ... generally a > month after the species blooms: > Ken BlackfordSan Diego > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: DSC_3201.JPG > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 11764112 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: Naked Ladies.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 643991 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/…
