HOW TO DIFFER HIPPEASTRUM FROM AMARILLIS BRIGHTNESS AGAINST TENDERNESS Hippeastrum has many admirers, even though it stays at rest for 2-3 months a year. All known varieties of this plant (and there are many of them) were obtained by crossing several species of American hippeastrum and the South African species of amaryllis belladonna. I must say that amaryllis is often ...
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I had a chance to buy hippeastrum bulbs for cultivation a very long time ago, since then I have been growing and admiring them both in the country and at home all the time. The genus name - Hippeastrum comes from the Greek words hippeos - "cavalier" and astron - "star", which is reflected in the second name of the plant: "cavalry star", or "cavalier among the stars". The genus hippeastrum belongs to a large family ...
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