'Quito' is a very tall Hippeastrum. It was new for me last year and it is interesting to compare this year (above) with last year (below). With a year's growth and not having the roots dried out during shipping, the stems are another third taller. It could also be due to there being cloudy weather for more than a week during its growth phase. There are two stems this year (and one that bloomed in the middle of summer). One stem last year. Only one baby bulb coming up as compared to the prolific 'La Paz'. I hope it makes many more to make a nice cluster. I suppose I could buy a few more, but it's more fun to see how it grows.
This photo above makes it look like last year's photos were more ruffled, but when opening, they looked similar to how this years look (they started opening last night). We shall see in the next few days.
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