Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: DaveP on November 17, 2010, 04:53:39 AM
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Against my better judgement, I bought a few bulbs from a Thai supplier labelled as being "Hippeastrum grandiflora equestre", which I know is wrong and the pic supplied doesn't help either:
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b349/DavePoole1/hipp-1.jpg)
The blooms are described as being salmon-orange-pink, with green throat, measuring 3.5 inches on an 18 inch scape. I'm not aware of an equestre/puniceum with this colouration and the flowers appear to be markedly similar to those listed on Paul Christian's site under Hippeastrum roseum. TBH I was hoping it may be that when I bought it so if anyone can throw any light on this, I'd be very grateful.
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Most interesting, it is a salmon form of Hippeastrum puniceum (equestre)