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Todd_Boland St. John's, NL(Zone 5b) May 09, 2008

I just inherited this hippeastrum...it is huge! growing in a 10" pot with masses of bulbs and 6 spikes coming. Seems like ones I saw growing wild in Hawaii. Could it be a species?

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TomH3787 Raleigh, NC(Zone 7b) May 09, 2008

Looks like Hippeastrum striatum or maybe one of its hybrids.

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boojum Shelburne Falls, MA(Zone 5a) May 09, 2008

I agree. Striatum hybrid.

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boojum Shelburne Falls, MA(Zone 5a) May 09, 2008

A darker bloom.

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Todd_Boland St. John's, NL(Zone 5b) May 09, 2008

Thanks Tom and Kathy!

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