{"id":6548,"date":"2020-03-06T05:55:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T05:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=6548"},"modified":"2020-03-06T05:55:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T05:55:16","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-46-hippeastrelia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/06\/plant-a-day-2020-day-46-hippeastrelia\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 46) Hippeastrelia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are some plants that I don\u2019t really remember buying, and these Hippeastrelia bulbs are examples. I suspect the three bulbs came from an eBay purchase that arrived from India, but I don\u2019t really know. I would guess that I\u2019ve had them at least ten years. They are an interesting species cross of Hippeastrum and Sprekelia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took a few years for these to become happy enough (or potbound enough) to flower, but now they do it regularly. I divided the bulbs up two years ago. In addition, because they are self-fertile, I\u2019ve grown some seedlings, too. Without actually counting, I guess I have about seven pots of these hybrids currently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I love about them is the hybrid vigor and the spectacular flowers with their exotic shape. The way the flowers appear is wonderful, too, as very quickly the buds appear and open. For someone like me who might not look at them even every week, I can be pleasantly surprised when that first blaze of crimson appears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n