Ken, you hit the nail on the head in terms of some of the problems in the commercial Hippeastrum industry. Once that bulb is planted, dug, forced, and shipped to to a middleman and end seller, it is unidentifiable as to its ID.. There are bulbs being sold under different names and the NOID bulbs which are mislabeled as to being a particular cultivar, when they obviously aren't. The average consumer is buying a red Xmas amaryllis and is happy if they get a red flower, so any label will suffice. The collector wants to get what they paid for. You are talking about renaming cultivars. Giant Amadeus and Big Amadeus are the same. Amadeus and Candy Amadeus are two names for the same cultivar. Flaming Peacock and Exotic peacock are believed to be the same. I could go on and on. People want the latest cultivar, just rename it. Definitely buyer beware. I always check the emaryllis.com website which has pretty good information on the duplicate names of a particular cultivar. And plantscope is definite another go-to website for me.
