I thought it might be interesting to go to iNaturalist and see what the species looks like in South Africa. There were a lot of photos, but most of them were taken in California. If you consulted it, you think that it was native to California. In fact there are a lot of them planted in plain sight on The Sea Ranch even though only native plants are allowed. I found a couple of links to pictures taken in South Africa and most of them show much lighter pink flowers than the California ones. But there is one exception. But the flowers look good sized to me. Of course you can't judge size from the flowers. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10853938/ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40094095/ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/39538430/ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43873782/ I continue to believe that it is sun that makes the difference in whether or not they flower. Mine in flower now are in full sun; the ones that are in part shade occasionally flower; the ones in deep shade never flower. The ones you see in flower in great abundance where I live I doubt get any water once it stops raining late spring and are growing in the sun. Mary Sue O 9/5/2020 12:24 PM, Linda Press Wulf via pbs wrote: > On a different thread, I had been puzzling as to why a majority of my masses of Amaryllis belladonna bulbs in Northern California flower in early August, with large pink fragrant flowers on very tall stems; while a minority emerge only afterwards, in late August to September, with shorter stems and smaller flowers in a lighter color. > > From the point made below, I now think the earlier flamboyant A. belladonna are hybrids and the later, more delicate ones are true species. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…