Hippy, hippy, Hippeastrums!

Hippy, hippy, Hippeastrums!

The Hippeastrum Olympics 2012

In case there is anybody who doesn’t know, Hippeastrum is the ‘Official/Botanical/Latin’ name for ‘Amaryllis’.

As it has been a v e r y long time since I last wrote a blog of these outstandingly beautiful flowers I thought the beginning of a new year would be a good time to update my blogs of these beauties!

December 2011:

Just as December was getting underway the last Amaryllis of the year began blooming:

At the beginning of the month the Red with white stripes Amaryllis opened for me:

Towards the middle of the month it stopped feeling so lonely as two more joined in:

At the far end of the month the pure red one just had to get a look in before the Old & New Years exchanged places with each other:

The Hippeastrum Olympics

The Gold Winner

The white with red veining Hippeastrum managed to achieve fame by being the very first of 2012! So it is awarded the Gold medal for winning the sprint by a nose:

The Pure Red one however practically tied with the white with red veining one for the Gold medal:

(well we are in an Olympic year!), but it had to settle for the Silver instead:

The Bronze medal goes to the slightly darker, smaller pure red which came in a few days later:

The Hippeastrum Olympics podium:

Here we have the three medal winners for the Hippeastrum Olympics of 2012:

Hippy, hippy, Hippeastrums!
Hippy, hippy, Hippeastrums!
Hippy, hippy, Hippeastrums!

Close up shots of our protagonists of these Hippy Olympics:

Well we won’t dwell on the rest of the field –
– there are no more competitors! (Yet!)

Hope you liked this light hearted play on the Olympic Games of 2012 to be held in London later this year as much as I enjoyed putting it together!