[pbs] Hippeastrum 'Scarlet Baby'
Jim McKenney
jimmckenney at jimmckenney.com
Fri Aug 8 13:09:18 EDT 2008
This is too funny.
Ive been trying to find a source for this one, too.
Years ago I was sent a bulb of this cultivar gratis. I grow only a few
Hippeastrum now, mostly plants acquired as gifts. Im not really a
Hippeastrum person, and if I were to grow any more they would have to be
fragrant.
But Scarlet Baby made a big impression. Despite the hilarious name (You
didnt check the water temperature before you put the baby in the bath? Or
You put habeñeros in the baby formula?), its a very handsome small
flowered cultivar.
At about the same time I got mine, a friend got one too. I remember her
showing me the nice nest of fat bulbs she had been able to raise in only a
season or two.
I eventually lost mine, and have been looking for a replacement since.
So if someone knows of a source, please let us all know.
Jim McKenney
jimmckenney at jimmckenney.com
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone
7, where Iris dichotoma is blooming (or will be in about three hours).
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