Hippeastrum Harlequin ( Harlequin)
Originator: Hadeco (Pty) Ltd (South Africa).
Classification: Sonata Double (Mahrovy Sonata).
Elena (description by photo and by Nastya's experience): an unusual, interesting, terry variety. There are usually 4 white flowers on the peduncle with pink-red edging on all petals. When the flower is fully open, the edge of the petal becomes slightly wavy. The petals are not wide, pointed. The throat of the flower is light green. The diameter of the flower is about 14 cm, the height of the peduncle is about 50 cm. Adult bulbs are not very large, for example, a bulb with a diameter of 6 cm is capable of flowering with 2 peduncles.
Hippeastrum Hercules (Hercules)
Originator: Jac J. Mense (Netherlands).
The variety is registered: in 1980
Classification: H. leopoldii (5a) (large-flowered hybrids similar in flower shape to H. leopoldii Dombr.).
Description: usually 4 carmine pink flowers 19 cm in diameter on a peduncle 48-53 cm long. White stripes are visible in the middle of the petals.
Elena (description): beautiful, dark pink, large-flowered variety. The petals are wide and oval in shape. The inner petals are slightly wider, the outer ones. There are barely visible white strokes in the middle of each petal. In full opening, the petals are slightly bent. Stamen filaments and pistil are dark pink, stigma white.
Hippeastrum Hermitage (Hermitage)
Originator: T. van Nieuwkerk Amaryllis B.V. (Netherlands)
The variety is registered: in 1996
Classification: Large-flowering.
Description: usually 4-6 reds with central white strokes of the flower. The shape of the flower is flattened, wide-open. The diameter of the flower is 18-20 cm, the peduncle is 40-50 cm long. The throat is greenish, with a red beat. The petals in full dissolution bend slightly, the edge of the "tongue" is a little worried. The column of pestle and stamen threads from the throat to the middle is light green, and from the middle to the stigma and anthers, a reddish spray appears on a light background. The stigma is light. Pollen is dark yellow.
Hippeastrum reticulatum Hippeastrum reticulatum var. striatifilium Mrs. Garlfield
Originator: Messrs. James Veitch & Sons (England)
The variety is registered: in 1928
Description (Elena): One of the interesting reticulatum hybrids. The variety was produced by B. S. Williams by crossing the species (wild) Hippeastrum reticulatum with the hybrid Hippeastrum Defiance.
The peduncle usually has 2 to 6 pale pink flowers with a mesh pattern. The main tone of the flower is white or white with a slight pinkish tint, the additional one is rich pink. On the petals, the color distribution is not uniform. The upper three petals are more intensely colored than the lower ones. In the middle of the petals, the central, light strip is clearly visible. The edges of the petals are wavy. The outer petals are wider than the inner ones. The throat of the flower is light yellowish green. The column of the pestle and stamen filaments are rather thin, white, light green closer to the throat. The pollen is pale yellow with a grayish tinge. Pollen is not abundant on anthers. Perianth, funnel-shaped, slightly flattened vertically, drooping. The diameter of the flower is 10-13 cm. The height of the peduncle is up to 50 cm. The leaves are light green, wide up to 5-6 cm, with a rounded apex, with a central white stripe, up to 40 cm long. The bulb is rounded, with a short neck. The diameter of the adult bulb is 5-7 cm.
Features: The variety is evergreen, does not shed leaves during the dormant period. Very demanding on light. With a lack of light, the leaves begin to stretch, the light strip becomes with a greenish tint. Pretty good kidding. It blooms in late summer or early autumn .
Hippeastrum Hurricane (Hurricane)
Originator: Amaryl C.V.
The variety was registered in 2007.
Classification: Galaxy Group
Description (Helena): flowers are white with red, with a diameter of about 20 cm. The shape of the flower is open, flattened. The petals are wide, spherical, horned protrusions ("fingers") may be present on the petals. An additional red flower tone is very unusually applied. On the upper three petals, exquisite, feathery, dark red venation from the base to the middle of the petal. From the middle of the petal there are two light red strokes closer to the edge. On the three lower petals, the additional color is much less than on the upper ones. On the oars, the petal is divided into two parts: on one color it is applied with a slight reddish spray on a light background, on the other with a red stroke. The lightest tongue (the color is applied with two symmetrical, light red strokes, the color dissolves to the edge of the petal and changes to white). The throat of the flower is greenish. The column of the pestle and stamen filaments is light. Pollen is yellow. From the underside, the flower is light with green venation.
Hippeastrum Ice Queen (Snow Queen)
Originator: V.o.f. A.G. Boers
The variety was registered in 2007.
Classification: Double Galaxy Group (large-flowered, terry).
Hippeastrum Jewel (Jewel)
Originator: "Miyake Nursery" (Japan).
The variety is registered: in 1992
Classification: Midi, Semi-Double
Description: Usually 2-4 cream, with a slight aroma, narrow, pointed semi-double tubular flowers with a wax sheen, with a diameter of 15-16 cm on a peduncle 35-50 cm long. Some flowers may be double or simple, however, semi-double flowers with 6 petals and a corolla, including up to 6 internal petals or staminodes, are more common. The stigma of the pestle is sometimes curved. On the yellowish-green neck is a ring of dark red specks (bit).
Up to 15 dark green leaves with frosted tips remain fresh for up to 10 months (including the cold period) and reach 49-55 cm in length and 2.5 cm in width, with a hollow in the middle. Usually the bulb with a diameter of 9.5-10.5 cm gives two peduncles, with a diameter of 10-10.8 cm - three.
Interesting (note from the book): Mature bulbs of SDragencyT often produce two consecutive blooms, forming two segments with 5-7 leaves each. After nine months, having separated at the neck, each half becomes an independent bulb, connecting with each other only in the basal part. After an 8-week period of cold content, each half gives new peduncles and new leaves, while the old leaves do not become paler. By September 2003, each half had grown 7-9 mature leaves.
Hippeastrum Jungle Star (Jungle Star)
Originator: "John Leonard Doran"
The variety is registered: in 1997
Classification: Cybister (sibister).
Description: usually 4-5 burgundy and pale green flowers on a peduncle up to 75 cm long. The diameter of the flowers is about 15 cm.
Elena (description from the photo): Original, with a beautiful color of sibistra. All petals clearly show maroon venation on a light cream-green background. Each petal has its own individual color. The upper petal is almost completely burgundy, light creamy green closer to the tips. The two petals, which are adjacent to the upper petal, are symmetrical in color and painted burgundy to the middle, from the middle to the ends, the color gradually changes to light cream-green. The lower petal is light creamy green, closer to the throat with a burgundy tint. In two petals that are adjacent to the lower petal, a light strip passes in the middle, on one side of this strip the color of the petal is burgundy on the other side - light cream-green. In this pair of petals, the upper edges at the throat are bent towards each other. On all petals along the edge, a burgundy edging is visible, the edge of the petals is wavy. Stamen filaments and pistil are light green, closer to the throat with a burgundy tint.
The difference between Jungle Star and Lima (from the experience of Elena the Beautiful): And Jungle Star differs from Lima in a significantly saturated color, Jungle Star is very bright, contrasting, Lima does not have such a green color at the ends of the petals, but the flower is larger in diameter. Buds open in different ways.
Hippeastrum La Paz (World)
Originator: F.Meyer (F.Meyer) (USA).
The variety is registered: in 2002
Classification: Cybister (sibister).
Description: usually 4-6 cherry red and green, lime color, flowers with a diameter of 8-12.5 cm on a peduncle 55-70 cm long. In color and shape CLa PazT resembles CTangoT. Each flower lasts about 8 days in cut. The leaves develop after flowering ends.
Elena (description): very strong, good variety, one of my favorites. Red or brick-red with a cherry tint flowers with a green star (pointed) in the throat, with light green stripes in the middle of the petals. Dark red venation is clearly visible on the petals. The upper three petals are more colored than the lower ones. The petal, adjacent to the stamen filaments and pistil, is colored light green with a small scattering of dark red spots and with a dark red border along the edge. Pestle, stamen threads long, light green. Pedicels about 5 cm high. The petals are long, slightly wavy pointed at the tips, the shape of the flower is arachnid. The leaves are belt-shaped, not very wide (about 3-3.5 cm.), Develop after flowering, and not immediately, but somewhere after 1-1.5 months. It forms babies very well.
I got this variety in 2006. The purchased onion had rot on the half bottom. Despite the disease and treatment, the bulb blossomed with two peduncles of 4 buds each! After the disease, the bulb recovered for about 2 years, during this period it gave more than 15 children. In the spring of 2008, there was the first flowering after the disease. On a peduncle, more than 60 cm high, there were 2 flowers.
Hippeastrum Lady Jane (Lady Jane)
Originator: John W. Deme (USA).
The variety is registered: in 1995 .
Classification: Large Double (Large Terry).
Description: usually 2-3 (sometimes 4) salmon-pink or orange-pink flowers with white and dark orange stripes, 16-20 cm diameter on a peduncle 30-55 cm long. Usually the flower consists of 15-18 petals and 3-5 internal petals or staminodes. Heavy flowers often droop on long (8-9 cm) pedicels. The bulb with a diameter of 10.5 cm usually gives two peduncles, with a diameter of 10.5-11 cm - three. Previously, the variety was called CJudy WestonT (CJudy WestonT).
Elena (description): a beautiful coral large-flowered terry variety with a variety of shades from pink to orange-red (the more sun, the more saturated the color). The leaves are light green, wide, belt-like. Very long pedicels, about 10 cm. Perianth throat light green. Stamen filaments and pistil are white, slightly pink closer to anthers, rarely develop. On the reverse side of the perianth, light green stripes are visible in the middle of the petals. I have this variety blooms every year in the spring, last year it bloomed again in the summer.
This variety does not always have the correct, neat shape of the flower. Quite often on the upper half of the perianth, more petals are formed than on the lower.
Lemon Lime Hippeastrum (Lemon and Lime)
Originator: YAgriom B.V.F (Netherlands).
The variety is registered: in 1993
Classification: H. Reginae (hybrids similar in flower shape to H. Reginae).
Description: usually 3-4 flowers of pale yellow-green (or lime-green) color, with a wavy edge and a lime-colored neck with a ring of dark red specks. Flowers are 11-12 cm in diameter, on a peduncle 45-60 cm long. On the back of the petals there are often horn-shaped protrusions. In the bright sun, numerous tiny red-brown specks often appear on the inside of the petals.
CLemon LimeT usually flowers 4-6 weeks after planting. Bulbs with a diameter of 9.5-10.5 cm give 2-3 peduncles. Thanks to the long peduncles, close to the base, acquiring a delightful red-brown hue, this hybrid is suitable for cutting. Each flower stays fresh for 7-8 days. After flowering, it forms many leaves 45-55 cm long and 5-6 cm wide. This variety forms babies well.
Akatawa (description): Variety with simple flowers, diameter 12-13 cm, peduncle length 55-60 cm. The number of flowers is 3-4. There is no smell. The flowers are light yellow with a greenish tinge. The pharynx of the flower is green, at the very depth of the pharynx, at the base of the petals, there are several small reddish strokes. A well-blooming variety, produces 3-4 arrows in one bloom! The bulb loses weight after flowering and recovers for a long time.
Hippeastrum Liberty (Liberty)
Originator: "Jac J. Mense (Netherlands)."
The variety is registered: in 1980
Classification: H. leopoldii (5a) (large-flowered hybrids similar in flower shape to H. leopoldii Dombr.).
Description: Usually 4 blood-red flowers with a diameter of 18 cm on a peduncle 53 cm tall. The middle of the flower is velvety, glossy. This variety has a very good vertically symmetrical shape, in dissolution the flower opens completely, the petals bend slightly. The petals are spherical, "horn-shaped protrusions" often develop on the "wings." The outer petals are wider than the inner ones. The column of the pestle and stamen filaments are bright red. The pollen is yellow, the stigma is light, the cilia in the throat are light. Peduncle, inflorescence, pedicels, ovaries green. Usually the leaves appear simultaneously with the peduncle.
Hippeastrum Liberty
Hippeastrum Limona (lemon mint)
Originator: T. van Nieuwkerk Amaryllis B.V. (Holland)
The variety is registered: in 2005
Classification: Galaxy Group (Large-flowered).
Description (Elena): Dutch large-flowered variety. There are usually 4 creamy yellow, flattened flowers on the peduncle. The diameter of the flower is 19-20 cm. The throat is greenish, the bit may be present, sometimes it is weakly expressed. On the petals from the center to the tip, a slight predominance of pinkish color is possible, and this pinkish color gives a sparkling shade in the sun. On the three upper petals from the throat and almost to the middle of the petal, a small feathery, reddish venation. Petals are oval, pointed to the tip and to the base. In full dissolution, the edge of the petals is worried. The column of the pestle from the throat of the flower is greenish, then light, and a reddish trap appears closer to the stigma with a not light background. Stamen filaments are light greenish closer to the throat. Pollen is yellow.
Hippeastrum Lima (Lima)
Originator: "F. Meyer (United States)"
The variety is registered: in 2001
Classification: Cybister (sibister).
Elena (description from the photo): beautiful sibister, color and shape similar to Jungle Star. But unlike Jungle Star in Lima, the tepals are already and more dyed maroon. The upper three petals are painted most intensely in maroon. On the lower petals more - light green. Stamen filaments and pistil are light green.