Wow that is impressive. Who sold this one?

DR

Ooh you stinker ;-) How did you get yours to bloom so fast? Wow! That is really gorgeous..can't wait for mine and if it looks like yours, I'll be sooo happy!! :-)

Donna

Josh, I don't have a 'Tosca', but I'm thinking 'Ruby Star' is very similar and may even be better, what do you think? Just look at that green star and how it radiates to the end of the lower petals, and those lower petals with the lighter veining, just breathtaking!!! I'll bet some people are ordering one right now after seeing your picture :-)

Donna

Wow, wow, wow...I'm jealous!!!

Congrats on the new bloom, Josh.

Xuan

That�s an eyecatcher for sure!
Congrats to this.
This is from Israel?
I think, for that reason it is not avaylable here en Europe.

What a beautiful bloom, it's absolutely gorgeous. Barbra

That's bold and beautiful, Josh!

Need to find one.

Hatta

me tooo! :-)

Josh, that's stunning - is it a cybister cross? It has some of the bloom shape for sure unless it's just the angle of the picture.

Alana

Alana, I'm not really sure what the parentage might be but I can assure you, it isn't the angle ;)

Did anyone else purchase this one besides Donna and I?

Josh

I bought 2 Ruby Star and 2 Opal Star!

-Blanca

Darn! I wish I'd seen this picture before I ordered from Easy to Grow Bulbs last night! That flower is a stunner.

Alana,
Ruby Star parentage:
H.papillio wild type x (H. vittatum "white" x H. cybister)

Oleg.

Tina, If I were you, regardless of a sale, I would most diffinitly purchase a Ruby Star from ETGB!! I was astounded with the beauty of mine last year..all the filiments with their stamen hang down and it looks like fairy legs with slippers in low light..amazing. This season mine has sent up 4 or 5 leaves and now is sending up it's first scape. I love the look when the bulb has leaves along with the bloom..This is from last year...

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And if you do order a Ruby Star, you might as well order an Opal Star..different color and not as dramatic but, beautiful and different in it's own way...

Donna

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Thanks Oleg! That's quite a nice parentage it has. I had suspected some cybister in there. It's quite stunning.

Alana

Oleg,

If you don't mind me asking, where did you find the information about the parentage? Did you ask Saad-Assaf? They're very nice group :)

I for sure saw H. papilio.

Thanks Donna! Your photos are gorgeous. I put an email in to ETGB as soon as I saw the photos here- asking if they'd add a Ruby Star to my order. No response yet. If I don't get one this round, it will just have to be added to the list of wanted bulbs!

Tina

Josh,
it's simply - Ruby Star is a sibling of Opal Star ))

Oleg,

So how'd you find out the parentage to 'Opal Star'?

Josh
I would answer in the style of Russian folk tale about a priest and a dog)): there, where about Ruby Star)).
But seriously, in the patent information, that's only link I can not remember. If I find - I'll write, OK?

Oleg,

I found it, thank you :)

Yay! I just got an email from Easy to Grow Bulbs... they were able to add a Ruby Star to my order before it shipped! I can't wait to see this beauty in bloom!

I am so happy for you!!!