Sticking one’s head in the sand is simply a way to postpone the inevitable. While the appearance of wax coated amaryllis bulbs is nothing new, wishing the trend would go away just hasn’t worked. In fact, waxed bulbs have been …
Well, you might have guessed Emaryllis would do something like this. That is to say, “kill two birds with one stone” by buying a box kit to test out, and simultaneously buy an amaryllis (Hippeastrum) that is no longer in …
‘Jewel’ is a curious double amaryllis that doesn’t measure up in many ways to its more modern brethren. It’s been around for over twenty years, and it’s becoming harder to locate in the bulb trade. While so many other double …
There are always photos of amaryllis cultivars floating around that stir desire among collectors, if for no other reason their lack of easy commercial availability. I’m not only talking about the countless images of cut flower varieties that are perennially …
Getting amaryllis bulbs through the harvesting, curing and bloom programming (cooling) stages takes time, and timing. Wholesalers now face receiving bulbs from multiple countries, and from both hemispheres. Sometimes suppliers know what they will be selling to retailers well in …
Some eight years in the making, Hadeco’s twisty tepaled ‘Thai Thai’ finally seems on the verge of full production and availability this season. By verge, I mean not quite. Though there were rumblings of small numbers of these bulbs making their …
Many months after White Flower Farm offered some new and unknown cultivars in their 2015 catalog, at least one pair of these can be properly entered into our Double Flowered photo library. Checking the KAVB registry earlier this year revealed …
Another season, and another curious “ultra” dark red cultivar offered by Royal Colors. This time it is ‘Mandela’ that makes waves here with Emaryllis by not having a KAVB registry as yet. So, this may be just a provisional name as …
Well, this was never meant to be a full-on box kit kind of season. Good thing, too. The results are in, and they do not speak well at all of the low end of the amaryllis market. So, here we …
One of the most perplexing cultivar groups in all Hippeastum-dom belong to the several selections flying under the name ‘Picotee’. Throw in a couple of other offerings that work on similar ground (white with thin red piping) such as ‘President …
