Talk:Hippeastrum

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To clarify my mangled edit summary: Amaryllis is a different genus, which is why calling a Hippeastrum an "amaryllis" would be erroneous (I know they're both lilies and very similar, but there are important differences noted at Talk:Amaryllis). I also removed Image:Flower.jpg (love the file name) because if it is indeed a belladonna lily (Amaryllis belladonna), it's not a Hippeastrum and shouldn't be included here. It's hard enough differentiating the two genera without conflicting illustrations. ;) -- Hadal 06:14, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for updating that. I'm now very confused. I was annoyed because I clicked on Amaryllis somewhere, which redirected me here. Now I see that there is not only an Amaryllis article, but I actually put the same photo there a couple of weeks ago, so there's no excuse for being sloppy here. (Yeah, I was surprised to see the photo name--esp. surprised that there wasn't already an image with that name, too!) If only I could remember where I was that brought me here after clicking amaryllis--which clearly had gone somewhere other than to the Amaryllis article. Argh. Elf | Talk 18:16, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

All of my gardening books classify Hippeastrum to the family "Amaryllidaceae", not liliaceae , altough it is clear that it is not part of the genus "Amaryllis". Also there is a discrepancy between the articles Hippeastrum and Amaryllidaceae in this matter. Can somebody clarify? --Chino 09:59, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Hippeastrum seed

I have several plants that appear to have viable seed. The section of the stem directly behind the flower has thickened on some and appears to have three distinct sections where as other flowers have just dropped off without any indication of a seed section being formed, even though they were on the same flower spike.

Q1 Does this mean the seeds are viable?

Q2 What special treatment do I have to do from A) the green seed stage to ready to plant? B) how to plant using pots ? ie. What type of medium, how deep etc? C) how long before a flower could be expected?

Q3 Can someone point me to an article on the net that covers this?.

TRY searching on google under "amaryllis." or read starr ockenga's "amaryllis" which covers propagation in detail.

Question: My bulb started to produce 3 excessivley long leaves end of August. At this point, 1 leaf broke off, one is breaking and the other is fine. What is happening and what can I do to ensure my plant survives, grows correctly and blooms?

HEALTHY hippeastrums commonly produce leaves 36-40" in length. leaves break due to: over-watering; under-watering; disease (look for reddish streaks on the leaves); and parasites. anything that distresses the plant can affect the leaves negatively.