I just wanted to share with you my first Bloom of my Papillo amaryllis. Hope I spelled that right. It was the first one to bloom this year.
Norma
My First Papillo Bloom
Cool! I think it's Hippeastrum papilio (with one 'l') but I could be wrong and often am :-) This is one of my favorites - it's so exotic-looking. Mine always have two scapes with two flowers each. I assume that's typical of H. papilio? Most of my other amaryllis have 4 or sometimes 5-6 flowers per scape.
That certainly looks like Hippeastrum papilio to me: the flower shape and color pattern are the giveaways. It almost always produces 2 flowers per scape; once in a blue moon I've seen three per. Several years ago a friend of mine claimed she had a clone that always produced three per scape, but I never saw it.
Ray
very very nice
Congratulations on your beautiful bloom.
Patti
It does have two blooms but the other one is right behind the one you see. As to my surprise the snails got to that one before I could put the snail bait down. And thank you everyone.
Lucky you!