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| When I finally pulled up the last of the Larkspurs there it was -- a nice surprise getting ready to bloom. I guess it's an amaryllis, but the other amaryllis finished blooming weeks ago which causes me question its ID. I'm wondering if late blooming is the norm for this variety.
I guess it got it at a plant swap. Does anyone remember passing it along? Whoever it was -- THANK YOU! |
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- Posted by plantmaven 8b/9a TX (My Page) on Tue, Jul 6, 10 at 20:48
| Sure is. It did not come from me. I have some like that, but they are out front. |
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| Thanks 'Plantmaven' Kathy! Are yours blooming now? |
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- Posted by barkingdogwoods 8a DFW (My Page) on Tue, Jul 6, 10 at 23:48
| That looks like hippeastrum johnsonii ... Hardy Amaryllis or St. Joseph's lily. It's certainly blooming late! |
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| BDW,I think you're right! Thank you! One person says: "One of the most hardy Amaryllis, it was also among the very first hybrid amaryllis produced. Bred by a British watchmaker named Johnson in the late 1800s, it was a common heirloom plant found around abandoned homsteads and cemeteries, but very scarce in the trade." Interesting that is was one of the first to be hybridized. |
Here is a link that might be useful: hippeastrum johnsonii on google
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| Pretty, I have never seen them with the red on the leaves (course I haven't seen a lot of them anymore, think that is from being shaded? Kathy, where have you been?????????? |
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- Posted by barkingdogwoods 8a DFW (My Page) on Sun, Jul 11, 10 at 8:59
| Jolana, I started a bunch of seeds from a Christmas amaryllis (I wish it had been Samba but it was't) and of the seedlings, maybe 10% have red on the leaves (and I always thought this was a way to ID johnsonii). I'll let you know in three years or so, when they bloom :) I also have a gazillion little plants from Carrie's seeds, but they're too tiny right now to show any red. Lin (aka BDW - I like that as a handle :) |
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- Posted by castro_gardener 8b (My Page) on Mon, Jul 12, 10 at 11:38
| R -- I was going to guess Johnsonii, but mine usually are the first things to bloom in spring. Still, what a nice surprise !! patty |
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