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Ron-NY
January 12th, 2008, 02:52 PM
Hippeastrum papilio a species related to Amaryllis

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a206/Ron-NY/Personal/papilio.jpg
Paphi
January 12th, 2008, 03:02 PM
so much beauty:heart::heart:
orchidlover
January 12th, 2008, 03:21 PM
How gorgeous is that! Beautiful picture thank you!
Paphy57
January 12th, 2008, 04:55 PM
Beautiful plant!!
Slipperguy
January 12th, 2008, 11:49 PM
What a stunner! :cool:
mgt56
January 15th, 2008, 10:57 PM
I'm not an expert but I think that plant is lily of some kind or close relative.
mgt56
January 15th, 2008, 11:01 PM
it is an amaryills
likespaphs
January 16th, 2008, 03:18 PM
the plants that are typically called Amaryllis really aren't Amaryllis. they're actually Hippeastrum.
fred
January 16th, 2008, 06:43 PM
NICE RON

I GOT THE BUG TO GET ONE OF THESE THIS YEAR BUT i DIDN'T WANT TO PAY THAT MUCH FOR ONE BULB BUT GUESS i'M GOING TO HAVE TO IF i WANT IT BAD ENOUGH.

Ray
Ron-NY
January 16th, 2008, 07:30 PM
Ray, I had admired it for years but didn't want to put out the money for it either. I was fortunate in that a good friend bought 3 bulbs for me for one of my birthdays!!