Cybister Lima

Reblooming for me this season is Cybister Lima, with one scape that is about 25 inches tall and four flowers with light green and burgundy color combination. Lima was developed from species Hippeastrum cybister, native to Bolivia and Argentina and Hippeastrum papilio, native to Brazil. Bred by Fred Meyer of California.









Lima's parentage:

Hippeastum cybister andPhoto: Doug Westfall (www.bulbsociety.org)

Hippeastrum papilio.Photo: Doug Westfall (www.bulbsociety.org)

Here is a list of cybister hybrids, maybe some are readily available and maybe some are hard to find.

Chico
Reggae
Emerald
Jungle Star
La Paz
Bogota
Quito
Rio Negro
Rosario
Ruby Meyer
Night Star
Machala
Meringue
Cyber Queen
San Miguel
Santana
Sumatra
Santa Rosa
Tango
Toscana
Autumn Star

Crazy Idea?

Yesterday while I was out in the garden, I had fun watching the bees pollinating the crocuses. Lots of pollens had fell off the anthers and were caught inside the flower and got a crazy idea. I grab the pot of amaryllis from the house and picked one giant purple crocus. I cross pollinated it with Cybister Lima. I don't know if anybody has done this before or if the amaryllis will take the crocus pollens. I do not know if there is compatibility. I am not a botanist or anything, just a gardener that occasionally like to experiment with plants.


Cybister Lima's bloom.


Cross pollinating.


All three stigmas are coated with crocus pollens. The fourth flower at the back is self pollinated a couple of days ago.


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This is Cybister Rosario. Two of its flowers has taken Cybister Lima. Cross pollinated on the 9th of March. The seed pods are swelling up nicely.