Many thanks haweha. There exists another similar variegated Pap in the US. Possibly when they reach maturity we will swap pollen. It will be interesting to see if the variegation will stabalize.
Hi Houstonpat, Thank you for the awesome photo! Do you find the growth of the varigated papilio is slower?Do you put it in more sun to compensate for less chlorophyll or will it sunburn? I've not been lucky enough to get any varigated seedlings, just strong blushes of red to the undersides of leaves. Lora
The vari pap grows slower. I keep it next to the other variegated Hippeastrums under 80% shade cloth. The leaves do burn in morning sun afternoon shade.
...slower This is not astonishing, the assimilation area is approximately reduced to one third... Did you ever experience that leaves of your H.papilio specimens (regardless if variegated or not) were burnt by direct sunlight?! I presume that your variegated sport MIGHT take great advantage of more light. "Mrs. Garfield" might take some profit, too - but H.reticulatum "Silhouette" certainly not at all.
haweha
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