This is quite a beautiful plant, it has a pink picotee and it's just gorgeous. This is probably my favorite hybrid I own at the moment, it's not too much and the coloring is incredibly subtle but beautiful! I'm very happy with this purchase. The flowers are quite large too!
I took the pic a bit too soon, they're starting to take more of a "Butterfly" shape as they mature!
These were sold as 'Cappuccino' by our beloved Maria! Pascal Berbee grows the same plant for cut flowers and it's named 'Mocca'. 'Fledermaus' is almost identical but with a stronger color?
I'm growing mine in a room where the temps are 65f and my plants are receiving very strong lighting from the windows and the plant lights. They grow slower but the flowers are much more vivid and colorful.
Josh, Please post pictures when she reaches her Butterfly shape..I find quite often I take pictures too soon (can't stop myself) and then a few days later some flowers get much better when they attain their final shape..(too bad it wasn't the same with people).I'm hoping it ends up looking like Fledermaus..which I absolutely love! The coloring is very similar, and as you say Fledermaus may be a bit darker...
I will give it another day or two before I take anymore pictures just to make sure I get it at its best.
I'm sure 'Fledermaus' is from the same batch of seedlings, they're almost identical really! The pictures really do not do 'Mocca' justice as it's one of the most beautiful color combinations I've seen. While the plant seems more of a brown in color in reality it seems more pink which is probably an attribute of H. evansiae somewhere in the genetic pool. The green of the flowers is almost translucent like H. papilio in the right lighting.
The scapes are probably about 2 1/2 feet in height like many of the Cybister hybrids. I'm really in awe of this plant, similar to 'Melfi' in coloring it is something you do not find in Hippeastrum often. Why it hasn't been released for cultivation I'm not sure as it's incredibly striking, maybe the growing isn't strong? Maybe because the scapes are so tall is another, I've noticed that amongst cut flower varieties.
Your photos and vivid description inspired me to plant the first of my 'Mocca' bulbs last night. The others will remain in cold storage a bit longer.
By the way, one of the 'Melfi' bulbs I bought from Paul late last winter, is just about ready to rebloom. The scape appeared suddenly, amid healthy green leaves, and has grown to over 22" in two weeks. This was a welcome Holiday surprise! For fun, I might freeze some 'Melfi' pollen and try a 'Mocca' x 'Melfi' cross.
Hi..For all you coffee lovers out there here are my latest pictures of Cappuccino aka Mocca..I think I'm in love again...
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sorry for the overload of pictures, I just couldn't stop myself..so Josh, do you think this is Fledermaus..I'm thinking like I think you said, that it has more pigment..a bit more vibrant...I absolutely love it!!! I have an Exotica that has just opened and I'm thinking I'll put some of this pollen on Exotica...same color palate more or less, I wouldn't want to change the colors..just some more variations of the same...
I am so far behind on what's new in the world of bulbs... it's been ages since I looked at any new varieties, or anything... I have a lot of catching up to do!
Bare in mind the bulb had suffered alot of trauma. My friend put it in his fridge for a couple months in a plastic bag and it was mouldy when i got it. I hacked and cut it before planting. It rotted despite me only watering it once and had a bad case of red scorch, all the buds were burnt and moulding with only one opening. Before it opened i hacked into it again and it didn't get much light.
The scape rotted off and i hacked into it again and it is sending up another scape. I feel like the Freddy Kreuger of Hippi's, slashing away at this poor bulb. lol
It wouldn't open any further once i cut away at it but i think the form would have been nicer if it did. I also removed the pollen from it as i didn't want it staining as i was trying to dry it.
Well, Aunt Jemima, that's a crying shame!! I don't hold out much hope for your bulb but with a couple of years In the IC unit you might save it but to see it bloom again...I don't know... I'd buy another bulb if possible and this time your friend shouldn't be around to put it In cold storage.. These bulbs come to us already primed and I personally don't think it does the bulb any good to refrigerate it once again. Just my opinion of course.... Did you buy yours as Fledermaus or Mocca? They may be different varieties but I sort of doubt it...Donna
This post was edited by dondeldux on Tue, Oct 22, 13 at 11:10
Aunt Jemima, I have a lot of respect for the way you haven't given up on this plant - it is a true survivor! It's clearly struggling but also striving on, against all odds! I hope the poor thing recovers...
What a gorgeous hippi!!! A cup of coffee and watching this beauty every morning before going to work would definitely put a smile on my face... :-))) Thank you all for posting pictures of this special girl!!!
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