2014/08/01 by Alan W. Meerow
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Botany and Plant Ecology Studies #Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.21273/hortsci.49.8.1102
Hippeastrum Herbert, amaryllis, has yielded popular large-flowered hybrids over a 200-year breeding history with The Netherlands and South Africa currently dominating the market The U.S. Department of Agriculture breeding program, with goals of developing cultivars with heat resistance and novel floral phenotypes, has been ongoing for nearly 15 years. In this article, we announce the release and availability for license of five hybrid cultivars as the Florida series of hybrid amaryllis.