Amaryllis 'Black benfica'

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fancyvan Calgary, AB(Zone 3a) Dec 16, 2006

This just out this week. Gorgeous deep wine color!

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fancyvan Calgary, AB(Zone 3a) Dec 16, 2006

Same bulb, an interesting shot with sunlight thru the flower!

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Dec 16, 2006

Lovely! Very nice photo!
Save that pollen! :-)

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raydio Bessemer City, NC(Zone 7b) Dec 16, 2006

So rich and lush. Love it against the wall color and the papilio. Mmmmmmmmm.....

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Dec 17, 2006

The flowers look hhhuuuge!

Compared to papilio, ginormous.

Lovely! Lovely papilio too, it looks to have good colour.

Can you show us a pic of that one too? Thanks.....

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fancyvan Calgary, AB(Zone 3a) Dec 17, 2006

Thanks - those flowers are about 7 inches across! And there is a 2nd stem coming along.
The papillio is posted in this thread:http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/677628/

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fancyvan Calgary, AB(Zone 3a) Dec 20, 2006

Black Benifia today. 4 flowers out, 2nd scape on the way.
(2nd scape of Papillio also!)
I took this without a flash and then adjusted the color a bit to show the real color of this beautry!

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raydio Bessemer City, NC(Zone 7b) Dec 20, 2006

Just like deep rich velvet. YUM!

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JanetS Braselton, GA(Zone 7b) Dec 21, 2006

Very pretty! Love the dark color!

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Dec 22, 2006

I just received one of these a few days ago. Thank you for posting your photos. Now I have an idea of what's coming.

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