Amaryllis belladonna
- Subject: Amaryllis belladonna
- From: p*@att.net
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 17:29:22 +0000
Dear Sean and all,
In some reading about Amaryllis belladonna, I came
across an account of how the flowers are bleached out by
heat, being almost white inland in CA and deep pink near
the cooler coast, even to the point of varying in color
in a single head depending on the temperature when
individual flowers opened. Can anyone confirm this? I
have seen the plant in S.F. and in Sonoma County, which
was certainly warmer than S.F., and the flowers have
always been the same pink as far as I can remember.
A related question, and probably opening a pandora's
box, is about cultivars of different colors. I am not
sure there is a definitive answer here. The Royal Hort A-
Z lists several cvs., including the white-
flowered 'Hathor'. The website of Bulbmania, a nursery
in Moss Beach, lists 'Hathor' as a cv. of x Amarygia (a
cross between A.b. and Brunsvigia josephine).
(www.bulbmania.com/how2grow00.html)
I am trying to determine if there is a definitive list
of the colors that the species may be, either in the
wild in South Africa or from intraspecific hybrids, and,
if so, what they are.
There is a long planting of A. belladonna on Holloway in
S.F., east of Junipero Serra, that is spectacular this
year. I imagine that the warm late spring was good for
it.
Pam P.
P.S. I am not sure that I am sending this correctly to
the list, please correct me if I am not. Thanks.
