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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: pontus on April 14, 2012, 06:52:04 PM

Title: Hippeastrum yungacensis kiara??
Post by: pontus on April 14, 2012, 06:52:04 PM: hello everyone,

does anyone know anything about Hippeastrum yungacensis kiara? is it a hybrid? if so, between which sp? is it as beautifull in flower shape and colour as the true sp yungacensis?

perhaps if its a hybrid it may be easier to grow than the sp?

Pontus
Title: Re: Hippeastrum yungacensis kiara??
Post by: Maggi Young on April 14, 2012, 07:21:59 PM: Hippeastrum yungacensis is also found online as Hippeastrum yungasensis, I see.
The Kew plant list says Hippeastrum yungacense
Is it any wonder we can get confused?
Title: Re: Hippeastrum yungacensis kiara??
Post by: JoshY46013 on April 14, 2012, 11:10:09 PM: Pontus, where do you find this plant?
Title: Re: Hippeastrum yungacensis kiara??
Post by: pontus on April 14, 2012, 11:15:13 PM: do you meen where did i find kiara or the type yungacensis? (I hope thats the right spelling...quite a tricky name..)

1 was found on Ebay (sp type), the other in a french nursery.

I am tempted to purchase a bulb, but as there is a $150 difference in price between the sp and (maybe) hybrid kiara, i would like to know a bit more about these 2..is the sp more difficult to grow? i wouldnt want to spend alot of money on a sp which may rot or die...but if i acidentally kill the cheaper hybrid, it would not be so much of a "financial" loss....

Pontus
Title: Re: Hippeastrum yungacensis kiara??
Post by: Ezeiza on April 15, 2012, 11:13:54 PM: By the time the plunderers end with all fo them, they will have no price.
Title: Re: Hippeastrum yungacensis kiara??
Post by: Maggi Young on January 08, 2013, 10:43:56 PM: Picture from Ton W. - in the PBS wiki :
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/HippeastrumSpeciesTwo#yungacense (http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/HippeastrumSpeciesTwo#yungacense)