There was a book with the title "First Kill All the Lawyers". Perhaps they named the wrong profession.
When I look on the ATP database I am offered the chance to look at "all the plants in the Amaryllis genus" - yep, they say genus. And well, um, er....Rhodophiala bagnoldii, Hippeastrum condemaitae and Sprekelia formosis are listed under the genus Amaryllis - there are more but I feel a headache coming one...
Same offer appears on the Hippeastrum database. :si gh:
Maybe tomorrow after a good night sleep and some caffeine I will see if this looks different to my old eyes.
At least now I know there are two genus (what is the plural of that word? gernera? I'm too tired too look it up) anyway, one genus is Amaryllis and one is Hippeastrum (thank the powers that be for copy/paste!) and by next week or next month it could all change.
None of this is helped by the fact that one of my best friends is named Amarilis...yes, the name is spelled just that way.
Maybe my mother was right to only grow Petunias.
