Amaryllis and Hippeastrums: Supreme Garden, 1 by raydio

raydio wrote:
It would be nice to see some more true light orange tones in the cybisters. I can't imagine what papilio x SG or SG x papilio would look like......but I definitely want to see some of that.

The flowers of SB dance around a bit; lowered at night and then up a bit in the day, so they face outward. The tepal tube isn't as sloped as in striatum and is shorter, the blossom being smaller overall.

The pollen ripened quickly. The first day the blossom was open maybe 1/3 of the way, and the next (today) the pollen was ripe first thing though the blossom wasn't fully blown till the afternoon.

The texture is very soft and silky. You can see in the above pic, that with the back-light, you can easily see the sepals behind the petals. No scent.

Here's another "after sundown" pic so the bloom is nodding. It was so overcast and rainy today, I didn't get to make any daytime pix.