24th July 2006

Habranthus are wonderful things. I sowed the seed in june last year, and the first flower has just opened. This doesn't have the deeper purple throat that it is supposed to, so the name is open to correction. To be honest, it looks more like a Zephyranthes, but Habranthus can be a bit shag-happy, so it may not have the parents that it pretends to!

23rd August 2007

7th July 2008

Three years on, and I still haven't confirmed the identity. I have done a bit of research, but it turns out I'm not the only one who is a bit confused!
Whatever it turns out to be, it has been very reliable!

1st August 2009

26th August 2011

I am more or less convinced that the original plant is a Zephyranthes. I have obtained this second plant which at least seems to be a Habranthus. It has the dark eye of H.martinezii but the face of the flower should be white with the pink colour resticted to the reverse.

18th July 2015

I think this one might be the real thing.