What is this plant?

[Sandy Loam]

  can anyone tell me what these red flowers are? And anyone tell me an  

[Sandy Loam]

Sorry, I posted too soon. Does anyone know what the red plant is in the photograph above? This neighbour's bulbs produce these same blooming flowers every spring from approximately February until May. If you know the answer, thank you for posting.

[Sandy Loam]

Is it some kind of amaryllis?

[Silas_Sancona]

42 minutes ago, Sandy Loam said:

Sorry, I posted too soon. Does anyone know what the red plant is in the photograph above? This neighbour's bulbs produce these same blooming flowers every spring from approximately February until May. If you know the answer, thank you for posting.

Hippeastrum, one of many plants  commonly referred to as Amaryllis..  Commonly sold around Christmas for indoor forcing ( for the flowers ), but normally flowers around this time of year in the ground. Pretty hardy, will even grow here in the desert -in shade w/ regular water. Many great hybrids/ species.

[Silas_Sancona]

1 hour ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Hippeastrum, one of many plants  commonly referred to as Amaryllis..  Commonly sold around Christmas for indoor forcing ( for the flowers ), but normally flowers around this time of year in the ground. Pretty hardy, will even grow here in the desert -in shade w/ regular water. Many great hybrids/ species.

Here are some planted in a side Garden at Tohono Chul Park, Casa Adobes/ Tucson.

[greysrigging]

These are the Hippeastrums that will grow/flower in the Tropics ( Darwin, Australia 12*S )
Hippeastrum reticulatum from Brazil  Flowers at all times of the year in Darwin, although predominantly in the wet season.
http://www.plantthis.com.au/plant-information.asp?gardener=25571&fbclid=IwAR2n-C5YDliamgIJOSjYKHFuny5lwKArlmp-BykOZmtt9FuHDL6lbJPSY1U







This one ( common orange ) flowers in our dry season in July/August and looks good in mass plantings

All other cultivars from cooler sub tropical and temperate climates will grow here, but stubbornly refuse to flower. They need that cold winter to promote flowers

[msporty]

@greysrigging -- those are beautiful!!!

 

Here's a few of my recent blooms. The first shot shows seedlings germinated from one of those Christmas bulb kits -- one of my first plants. I believe it is Amarylis 'minerva.'

 

The second photo is H. papilio.

 

 

 

[Cindy Adair]

All of these are beautiful but I especially love the papilio!

I finally found one bulb, but no bloom yet. 

[tropicbreeze]

Years ago I bought some Hippeastrum papilio bulbs however they refused to flower. Always looked very healthy and produced lots of small bulbs over the years. After finding out about their need for chilling I started putting the whole pot in the fridge over night. Still no flowering. Sent some to my sister in Melbourne, Vic. They began to flower right away. All I've got out of the exercise is photos and a clump of bulbs still producing healthy leaves.

I do also have those same orange ones in greysrigging's photo, they flower every year.

[Manalto]

They're hardy in the ground in Mobile (8B). Solid red (vermilion) is the most common, but I see variants from time to time.

[Cindy Adair]

15 hours ago, tropicbreeze said:

Years ago I bought some Hippeastrum papilio bulbs however they refused to flower. Always looked very healthy and produced lots of small bulbs over the years. After finding out about their need for chilling I started putting the whole pot in the fridge over night. Still no flowering. Sent some to my sister in Melbourne, Vic. They began to flower right away. All I've got out of the exercise is photos and a clump of bulbs still producing healthy leaves.

I do also have those same orange ones in greysrigging's photo, they flower every year.

Doesn't sound promising for blooms in Puerto Rico where my low is 66 F. Thanks for the information. 

[greysrigging]

My H. 'reticulatum' deciding to flower in mid May ?