Comments on: Hippeastrum species and hybrids – bold, brilliant and dazzling! http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/ WELCOME TO OUR TROPICAL GARDEN where amazing flora & fauna abound! Praise and thank God! Do explore our garden resource, plants database & encyclopedia, plus captivating photo galleries of nature in Malaysia. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:13:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jacqueline http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/#comment-175319 Jacqueline Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:50:08 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=195#comment-175319 Shahla, the two differences that I know of are: 1. Amaryllis has a solid flowering scape whereas Hippeastrum has a hollow one. 2. Amaryllis has only one species while Hippeastrum has several species. <a href="http://www.plantingflowerbulbs.com/amaryllis-belladonna-the-belladonna-lily.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Please check out further at this site</a>. Shahla, the two differences that I know of are:

1. Amaryllis has a solid flowering scape whereas Hippeastrum has a hollow one.

2. Amaryllis has only one species while Hippeastrum has several species.

Please check out further at this site.

]]> By: shahla http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/#comment-174778 shahla Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:12:49 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=195#comment-174778 Please: I want to know differences Amaryllis and Hippeastrum.. Please with references Please: I want to know differences Amaryllis and Hippeastrum.. Please with references

]]> By: Jacqueline http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/#comment-79891 Jacqueline Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:05:09 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=195#comment-79891 You're most welcome and thanks for your kind comments, Brenda! Do you mean to say that Hippies undergo a dormant stage (deciduous?) in the Tropics? That's something new to me as we're in Malaysia with an equatorial climate and our Hippies are evergreen and don't shed their foliage at any specific stage of growth. You’re most welcome and thanks for your kind comments, Brenda!
Do you mean to say that Hippies undergo a dormant stage (deciduous?) in the Tropics? That’s something new to me as we’re in Malaysia with an equatorial climate and our Hippies are evergreen and don’t shed their foliage at any specific stage of growth.

]]> By: Brenda http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/#comment-79068 Brenda Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:53:49 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=195#comment-79068 actually i think they do go into a dormant stage.... cuz of the 5 i have planted 3 months ago, only one has flowered..... but thanks again.. i do love ur site and it has been helpful to me by identifying some plants i have around my yard, but never knew the name of... now i can research growing tips... Brenda actually i think they do go into a dormant stage…. cuz of the 5 i have planted 3 months ago, only one has flowered….. but thanks again.. i do love ur site and it has been helpful to me by identifying some plants i have around my yard, but never knew the name of… now i can research growing tips…
Brenda

]]> By: Jacqueline http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/#comment-77145 Jacqueline Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:42:55 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=195#comment-77145 <b>Raymond</b> - Thanks for your compliment. Sorry though that we're unable to answer your enquiry as Hippies grown in our tropical climate do not undergo a dormant period as in temperate clime. Thus their leaves are somewhat evergreen, far outnumbering the flowering scapes that emerge occasionally. <b>Brenda</b> - Thanks for the thumbs up...it's great to know that our site is a good resource for tropical plants and you find it helpful. Like you, we too wish that they would flower more frequently but too lazy to attempt to force-bloom them. If you're in the tropics where Hippies do not go dormant, you can <a href="http://tuysonvien-whereigarden.blogspot.com/2010/03/forcing-amaryllis-to-bloom-for.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">force-bloom the Hippies as detailed by Ha Xuan</a>, if you're keen. Happy gardening! Raymond – Thanks for your compliment. Sorry though that we’re unable to answer your enquiry as Hippies grown in our tropical climate do not undergo a dormant period as in temperate clime. Thus their leaves are somewhat evergreen, far outnumbering the flowering scapes that emerge occasionally.

Brenda – Thanks for the thumbs up…it’s great to know that our site is a good resource for tropical plants and you find it helpful. Like you, we too wish that they would flower more frequently but too lazy to attempt to force-bloom them. If you’re in the tropics where Hippies do not go dormant, you can force-bloom the Hippies as detailed by Ha Xuan, if you’re keen.

Happy gardening!

]]> By: Brenda http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/#comment-76340 Brenda Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:43:56 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=195#comment-76340 thanks a lot for this information. i got this plant several months ago and have been searching online for its name and growing tips.. each time, i read it is called amaryllis.. so its good to finally identify it, cuz the one time it has bloomed, the flowers were exactly like the ones pictured above....with the stalks hallowed, like one person mentioned. i only wished they would flower more often... i guess this means i will have to dig them up and place them in a pot... will give that a try and see... thanks for the tips and info... this site is one of my favorite sites to read on tropical plants.. keep up the good work. thanks a lot for this information. i got this plant several months ago and have been searching online for its name and growing tips.. each time, i read it is called amaryllis.. so its good to finally identify it, cuz the one time it has bloomed, the flowers were exactly like the ones pictured above….with the stalks hallowed, like one person mentioned. i only wished they would flower more often… i guess this means i will have to dig them up and place them in a pot… will give that a try and see…
thanks for the tips and info…
this site is one of my favorite sites to read on tropical plants.. keep up the good work.

]]> By: Raymond http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/#comment-76045 Raymond Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:12:47 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=195#comment-76045 The flowers in the pictures that you posted are beautiful. I hope that they're available here in the Philippines. I got a couple of bulbs from a plant seller in the street market in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines. I acquired around 73 bulbs from him. Around 30 bulbs are now growing leaves and only 1 is growing a stem. How long does a bulb grow leaves after flowering? The flowers in the pictures that you posted are beautiful. I hope that they’re available here in the Philippines.

I got a couple of bulbs from a plant seller in the street market in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines. I acquired around 73 bulbs from him. Around 30 bulbs are now growing leaves and only 1 is growing a stem.

How long does a bulb grow leaves after flowering?

]]> By: Jacqueline http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/#comment-21847 Jacqueline Tue, 18 May 2010 16:31:13 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=195#comment-21847 My pleasure, EKLim! Our thanks to you too for sharing some fresh insights on how to induce hippies to flower and produce more 'babies'. Appreciate your kind gesture. Agree with you about pruning excess leaves...that was what we did to the orangy-red ones that flowered last month for the first time in 1.75 yrs, rewarded us for grooming them. Cheers and God bless! My pleasure, EKLim! Our thanks to you too for sharing some fresh insights on how to induce hippies to flower and produce more ‘babies’. Appreciate your kind gesture. Agree with you about pruning excess leaves…that was what we did to the orangy-red ones that flowered last month for the first time in 1.75 yrs, rewarded us for grooming them.
Cheers and God bless!

]]> By: EKLim http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/#comment-21808 EKLim Mon, 17 May 2010 17:36:23 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=195#comment-21808 Hi Jacq, Thank you for the clarification regarding Amaryllis and Hippeastrum, at least now I know the name of the plant, for all the while I have thought it to be Amaryllis. Regarding the info on the cultivation of this Hippies, I find that you have already listed almost all of them; but from my experience of planting Hippies for almost 10 years, one very important point that we have to bear in mind, we tend to over pamper the plants and this shouldn't be encouraged. In fact we should just give them due attentions as listed by you. To encourage my plants to flower as often as possible, I pot them in shallow pots, the basin-shaped types, this way, I get to encourage the bulbs to grow very big(about 5 inches or 13 cm in diameter), besides, I get them to flower often as well as producing new bulbs and when the clump of bulbs has reached 5 to 6 in numbers, then it's time to re-pot them. One thing though, prune off some leaves if there are too many. Hope the above pointers are able to help visitors to your site who can't get their plants to flower often and especially those who want to multiply their plants. Happy gardening and God bless. Hi Jacq,
Thank you for the clarification regarding Amaryllis and Hippeastrum, at least now I know the name of the plant, for all the while I have thought it to be Amaryllis.
Regarding the info on the cultivation of this Hippies, I find that you have already listed almost all of them; but from my experience of planting Hippies for almost 10 years, one very important point that we have to bear in mind, we tend to over pamper the plants and this shouldn’t be encouraged. In fact we should just give them due attentions as listed by you.
To encourage my plants to flower as often as possible, I pot them in shallow pots, the basin-shaped types, this way, I get to encourage the bulbs to grow very big(about 5 inches or 13 cm in diameter), besides, I get them to flower often as well as producing new bulbs and when the clump of bulbs has reached 5 to 6 in numbers, then it’s time to re-pot them. One thing though, prune off some leaves if there are too many.
Hope the above pointers are able to help visitors to your site who can’t get their plants to flower often and especially those who want to multiply their plants.
Happy gardening and God bless.

]]> By: Jacqueline http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/#comment-13878 Jacqueline Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:27:06 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=195#comment-13878 I can just share my observations, James. I know that they need a lot of sun and water, just sufficiently for optimum growth and flowering. Previously, we water our Hippies daily but have reduced to 3 times weekly (less in rainy weather) and they seem happier. Unbelievably, but they can be very hardy, thriving on neglect. I recalled years ago, seeing a clump of Hippies discarded on a concrete bed outside our office on the third floor, not being tendered at all by anyone but just dependent on nature to survive. And, it did survive and flower too (though like an on and off affair) in spite of getting the full dose of afternoon sun. If fact, I'm proud to say that our Orange Hippie originated from that clump! ;-) Hope you can get some insights from what I've shared here. I can just share my observations, James. I know that they need a lot of sun and water, just sufficiently for optimum growth and flowering. Previously, we water our Hippies daily but have reduced to 3 times weekly (less in rainy weather) and they seem happier.
Unbelievably, but they can be very hardy, thriving on neglect. I recalled years ago, seeing a clump of Hippies discarded on a concrete bed outside our office on the third floor, not being tendered at all by anyone but just dependent on nature to survive. And, it did survive and flower too (though like an on and off affair) in spite of getting the full dose of afternoon sun. If fact, I’m proud to say that our Orange Hippie originated from that clump! ;-)
Hope you can get some insights from what I’ve shared here.

]]> By: james http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/#comment-13860 james Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:07:19 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=195#comment-13860 I have few blubs of these and have not seen any blooms, I even tried trimming off all the leaves hoping to see new shoot together with the leaf but still no blooms. (It worked very well for rain lilies - infact I got all of my rain lilies bloomed that way) I also tried putting in fertilisers but no bloom. Can you advice what else I should to get the bloom as I had never seen one blooming. All of the blubs are passed by my friends and my mum who had given up waiting for the blooms. I have few blubs of these and have not seen any blooms, I even tried trimming off all the leaves hoping to see new shoot together with the leaf but still no blooms. (It worked very well for rain lilies – infact I got all of my rain lilies bloomed that way)

I also tried putting in fertilisers but no bloom.

Can you advice what else I should to get the bloom as I had never seen one blooming. All of the blubs are passed by my friends and my mum who had given up waiting for the blooms.

]]> By: Jacqueline http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/#comment-13770 Jacqueline Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:48:01 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=195#comment-13770 Indeed, Ashok! Thanks for highlighting the fact here. Indeed, Ashok!
Thanks for highlighting the fact here.

]]> By: Ashok http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/#comment-13743 Ashok Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:13:28 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=195#comment-13743 Hippeastrum and Amaryllis are different plants. The hippeastrum scape is hollow whereas amaryllis scape is not. Hippeastrum and Amaryllis are different plants.

The hippeastrum scape is hollow whereas amaryllis scape is not.

]]> By: Jacqueline http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/#comment-3538 Jacqueline Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:13:48 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=195#comment-3538 Thanks so much for your uplifting comment, Blanca! Being recently pot-planted, our 2 young bulbs which were given by a friend early this month, are located under the shade of a palm tree where they receive filtered sunlight in the morning till early afternoon. They seem happy and the larger bulb which had a tiny sprouting scape then, shot-up and presented us with 5 lovely flowers within 2 weeks. Though 'Mrs Garfield' as seen in our neighbour's garden can tolerate full sunlight, their foliage do get scorched occasionally. Happy gardening! :) Thanks so much for your uplifting comment, Blanca!
Being recently pot-planted, our 2 young bulbs which were given by a friend early this month, are located under the shade of a palm tree where they receive filtered sunlight in the morning till early afternoon. They seem happy and the larger bulb which had a tiny sprouting scape then, shot-up and presented us with 5 lovely flowers within 2 weeks. Though ‘Mrs Garfield’ as seen in our neighbour’s garden can tolerate full sunlight, their foliage do get scorched occasionally.
Happy gardening! :)

]]> By: Blanca Wingate http://www.jaycjayc.com/hippeastrum-species-hybrids-amaryllis/#comment-3528 Blanca Wingate Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:12:49 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=195#comment-3528 Hi Jacq, Your Hippeastrums are indeed dazzling!!! Thank you for the wonderful site. I am growing 'Mrs. Garfield' here in northern California. Would you please let me know if you grow Mrs. G. in the shade or full sunlight? Mine is a young bulb and has only developed two leaves. Best regards, Blanca Hi Jacq,

Your Hippeastrums are indeed dazzling!!! Thank you for the wonderful site. I am growing ‘Mrs. Garfield’ here in northern California. Would you please let me know if you grow Mrs. G. in the shade or full sunlight? Mine is a young bulb and has only developed two leaves.

Best regards,

Blanca

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