# Talk:Hippeastrum

The above heading added by Imc (talk) 18:21, 12 February 2009 (UTC) to make a ToC for clarity
To clarify my mangled edit summary: Amaryllis is a different genus, which is why calling a Hippeastrum an "amaryllis" would be erroneous (I know they're both lilies and very similar, but there are important differences noted at Talk:Amaryllis). I also removed Image:Flower.jpg (love the file name) because if it is indeed a belladonna lily (Amaryllis belladonna), it's not a Hippeastrum and shouldn't be included here. It's hard enough differentiating the two genera without conflicting illustrations. ;) -- Hadal 06:14, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for updating that. I'm now very confused. I was annoyed because I clicked on Amaryllis somewhere, which redirected me here.  Now I see that there is not only an Amaryllis article, but I actually put the same photo there a couple of weeks ago, so there's no excuse for being sloppy here.  (Yeah, I was surprised to see the photo name--esp. surprised that there wasn't already an image with that name, too!)  If only I could remember where I was that brought me here after clicking amaryllis--which clearly had gone somewhere other than to the Amaryllis article. Argh.  Elf | Talk 18:16, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
All of my gardening books classify Hippeastrum to the family "Amaryllidaceae", not liliaceae , altough it is clear that it is not part of the genus "Amaryllis". Also there is a discrepancy between the articles Hippeastrum and Amaryllidaceae in this matter. Can somebody clarify? --Chino 09:59, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I have several plants that appear to have viable seed.  The section of the stem directly behind the flower has thickened on some and appears to have three distinct sections where as other flowers have just dropped off without any indication of a seed section being formed, even though they were on the same flower spike.
Q1	Does this mean the seeds are viable?
Q2 	What special treatment do I have to do from  
A)	the green seed stage to ready to plant?
B)	how to plant using pots ? ie. What type of medium, how deep etc?
C)	how long before a flower could be expected?
Q3 	Can someone point me to an article on the net that covers this?.

TRY searching on google under "amaryllis."  or read starr ockenga's "amaryllis" which covers propagation in detail.

Question: My bulb started to produce 3 excessivley long leaves end of August.  At this point, 1 leaf broke off, one is breaking and the other is fine. What is happening and what can I do to ensure my plant survives, grows correctly and blooms?

HEALTHY hippeastrums commonly produce leaves 36-40" in length.  leaves break due to:  over-watering; under-watering; disease (look for reddish streaks on the leaves); and parasites.  anything that distresses the plant can affect the leaves negatively.

Is there a type of plant food it takes.  Is orchid food any good?

No -- use regular houseplant food.  or use a granulated fertilizer when inspecting or repotting the bulb in fall.

Is this a Hippeastrum? Grown outdoors.    Hubert Derus 16:51, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
It's most likely a cultivar of Hemerocallis fulva. Cryptoid 05:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Do we need this fake Latin plural of a word that was not an original Latin noun?
Latin plurals in English - [1]
Imc (talk) 18:21, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Changed hippeastra to hippeastrum(s). Imc (talk) 13:38, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

the the 'General' section the author uses the terms tepal as seemingly being the larger term including sepals and petals.  In the picture, the flower is described as having red and white petals.  Are the sepals not visible?  Or should it be tepals instead?--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 22:01, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Tepals would be the safer word, since it includes the other two. Rivertorch (talk) 06:26, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Hypercompe indecisa, . I removed this reference to pests. This unverified statement has been widely copied from here. While plausible in that both occur in Brasil, Hippeastrum is not listed amongst food sources of this insect in scholarly Brazilian literature. Michael Goodyear (talk) 00:30, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Article still fails WP:Gallery. Gallery needs to go. If the images can be interspersed in the article, then they need to be, or else left in Commons where they can be quickly reached a click away. Galleries at Wikipedia have to make some kind of specific point that you just can't make by interspersing the images in the article. Just showing more examples of the article title is unfortunately not a reason that we can include a gallery. :)  --Tom Hulse (talk) 16:06, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

I've moved the species images to the list of species, and made the cultivar images into a "combined" image which is useful to illustrate the diversity of cultivars available. I hope this meets your valid concern. Peter coxhead (talk) 17:05, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

This section violates WP:NOTHOW in my view. It needs to be re-written descriptively and not as a recipe. Modals like "should" are generally inappropriate as they usually constitute instructions. Peter coxhead (talk) 17:10, 19 December 2013 (UTC)


### Nomination
This page has good article potential - the Spanish version has this rating. Michael Goodyear (talk) 00:31, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

I will try - and have started - to raise the standard to at least that of the Spanish page Michael Goodyear (talk) 22:29, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
Now has similar scope to Spanish article as part of general upgrade --Michael Goodyear (talk) 12:33, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
Now candidate for Good Article --Michael Goodyear (talk) 00:06, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Duly nominated Michael Goodyear (talk) 04:08, 26 November 2013 (UTC)


### Responses
#### Khazar2
Hey Michael, thanks for your work on this one. I'm not qualified enough in this area to give this a full GA review, but I can give you a few comments about this one after a quick glance over it. I think it looks good overall, but here are a few areas that a GA reviewer might ask for further work on.
All quotations need an inline citation per criterion 2b (full criteria at WP:GA?), so the quotations in "Etymology" will need sourcing
done --Michael Goodyear (talk) 15:15, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
This may still need a bit of copyediting. For example, " but in 1795 William Curtis in his Botanical Magazine that magazine, described" seems to have extra words ("that magazine"), and it's not clear where the quotation that begins "I have named" ends.
done --Michael Goodyear (talk) 13:09, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
Judgments like "The double flowers from Japan are particularly beautiful" should probably be attributed to a particular author intext for neutrality reasons. (criterion 4)
Use of numerous very short sections, as in "Propagation", is discouraged by WP:LAYOUT (criterion 1b)
done--Michael Goodyear (talk) 14:46, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
The lead should ideally provide a summary of the article's main aspects, touching on each section (WP:LEAD, criterion 1b)
done--Michael Goodyear (talk) 21:33, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
As a minor stylistic point unrelated to GA, there shouldn't be a space between a punctuation mark and an inline citation.
I don't mean any of this to sound negative, though; I really appreciate the work, and hope this becomes a GA very soon! -- Khazar2 (talk) 05:07, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. I will take a look at those points --Michael Goodyear (talk) 12:49, 26 November 2013 (UTC)


#### Hulse
Nice article!! When you get to the real GA review, I expect they'll want it organized a little more in line with the Wikipedia:WikiProject Plants/Template.
For instance, renaming the Morphology section "Description", 

Done --Michael Goodyear (talk) 19:47, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
much of the current Reproduction section could be included in a recommended "Ecology" section.

Done --Michael Goodyear (talk) 20:01, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
Also the Flowering section could be easily separated & rolled into the recommended sections of Description & Cultivation (it would make more sense). The "Breeding & Prop" section & "Economic Importance" section should all be subsets of an overall "Cultivation" section. 
The second paragraph under the current Economic Importance section is a perfect start for a new "Uses" section, as per the template's recommendations. 

added Uses --Michael Goodyear (talk) 20:14, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
Sounds like a lot, but minor organizational changes really. 

Also, the gallery has to go completely, or show some kind of logical progression that can't be mixed into the article, to bring it in line with WP:Gallery. Great work. :)  --Tom Hulse (talk) 04:37, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks --Michael Goodyear (talk) 19:47, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

next step is to develop the species pages - again, English wiki lags well behind other languages --Michael Goodyear (talk) 12:51, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Upgraded to high in view of the long standing taxonomic debate and economic importance --Michael Goodyear (talk) 22:05, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Note: subsequently downgraded by another editor --Michael Goodyear (talk) 15:32, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Hippeastrum/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Sainsf (talk · contribs) 14:55, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Very well-written, impressive article. My comments (sectionwise):


### Lead  Done
There seems no point in linking tribe if yu are not linking family, subfamily etc
done--Michael Goodyear (talk) 15:14, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
"over 600" sounds better than "600+"
done--Michael Goodyear (talk) 15:14, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
You could add a few more points to the lead, like about the appearance (Description section)
Done and material reorganised to match order of sections in main text --Michael Goodyear (talk) 15:30, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Well done, this was exactly how I wished you to do it! Sainsf <^>Talk all words 13:11, 21 December 2013 (UTC)


### Description  Done
What is the meaning of "tunicate"?
was explained in link to 'bulb', and copied into text after comma - have parenthesised it for greater clarity --Michael Goodyear (talk) 15:38, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
No references in the first paragraph
fixed --Michael Goodyear (talk) 15:50, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 sessile rarely persistent -  sessile, rarely persistent
2 free bracts - two free bracts
both fixed --Michael Goodyear (talk) 15:56, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Write funnelform and declinate in easier words.
I prefer to use the precise scientific terminology in botanical morphology. The definitions were included in the references - but now moved into text --Michael Goodyear (talk) 16:04, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for doing so. You may find it weird of me insisting on simple English, but I do wish the text does not to become so scientific that it turns useless for the common reader. Sainsf <^>Talk all words 13:11, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
The perianth segments are subequal or unequal. Reference?
added --Michael Goodyear (talk) 16:19, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
This part seems full of hard-to-understand words (I am afraid they appear to be jargons) : pluriovulate locules, filiform, trifid, discoid, phytomelanous. My point is just not to make this part sound too scientific. Express the facts in simple words, just what they exactly mean, so that the reader may really take benefit of it.
See above - I think it needs to be scientific to be accurate, but I agree we could add plain English - there are likely to be two classes of readers - will see what I can do here, but much of it is explained in links  --Michael Goodyear (talk) 16:19, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
So I added several internal and external glossaries to the page, and linked all technical terms to definitions, in many cases adding definitions to our internal glossaries, since provides the greatest value. I think that to expand every technical term would make this very unwieldy. --Michael Goodyear (talk) 20:24, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
No need of any more efforts here. Perfectly done, thanks for fixing this problem so well (and quickly too). Sainsf <^>Talk all words 13:11, 21 December 2013 (UTC)


### Taxonomy  Done
I think you should shift this section above Description. It would look better then.
See below.
"Common name" and "Etymology" sections can be turned into a single independent section "Etymology". The name Hippeastrum was first given to the genus by Herbert ... which it superficially resembles can be included there, and "Common name" can be made a subsection. I suggest you maintain the order as Etymology --> Taxonomy --> Description.
This is contrary to the WP:PLANTS template; most readers aren't interested in the taxonomy, so we should start with a description. Peter coxhead (talk) 17:07, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Agree --Michael Goodyear (talk) 20:26, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Common Name (Amaryllis) and Etymology (Hippeastrum) are quite separate - to combine them would be confusing --Michael Goodyear (talk) 21:08, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your views, I have considered them. I think we should place the "taxonomy" part after "Ecology" (I feel all necessary details - in which a reader is usually interested in- is covered thus). But certainly "Etymology" needs to be a separate section. It is a small section, and the best place for it would be before "Description". Does it look proper now? Sainsf <^>Talk all words 13:11, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
I'm really confused here. I am going by Wikipedia:WikiProject Plants/Template here: namely;
Description
Taxonomy (including etymology)
Distribution
Ecology
Very well, we should move on, if this is what the template says. Done. Sainsf <^>Talk all words 13:57, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
Amaryllis belladonna comma here the type species and genus Amaryllis comma here  in his
done--Michael Goodyear (talk) 20:29, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
This was assumed ... Natural History Museum in London No reference
fixed--Michael Goodyear (talk) 20:36, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Delete the duplicate links  Amaryllis belladonna, Amaryllis, Leopoldia, Herbert, Hortus Kewensis,spatha.
Spatha only occurs once on page, otherwise deleted --Michael Goodyear (talk) 20:46, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 Separate common names are used to describe the genus Amaryllis, e.g. "Naked Lady". No reference
supplied --Michael Goodyear (talk) 20:55, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
being derived from the Greek ...  name Equestris" (p.12). No reference
fixed --Michael Goodyear (talk) 21:04, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Note: Under this section, all issues except one (indicated in bold letters) have been fixed. This problem is being discussed.  Sainsf <^>Talk all words 13:11, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
I don't think this should be a deal breaker --Michael Goodyear (talk) 21:43, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Well, we are done with this now. Sainsf <^>Talk all words 13:57, 30 December 2013 (UTC)


### Distribution and habitat  Done
Shouldn't Hippeastrum be italicized? I see that the name is normal or italicized at various places throughout the text. Make it uniform.
italicised throughout --Michael Goodyear (talk) 21:24, 19 December 2013 (UTC)


### Ecology  Done
Delete duplicate links : northern hemisphere, scapes,evergreen,Species,subtropical.
I didn't find any duplicates in this section --Michael Goodyear (talk) 21:47, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
It's fixed. Sainsf <^>Talk all words 13:11, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
Butterfly and Species are unnecessary links
Debatable. I believe species is only linked once on the page --Michael Goodyear (talk) 21:59, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Okay, we can allow the link "species". Sainsf <^>Talk all words 13:11, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
Scapes is repeated twice
fixed --Michael Goodyear (talk) 21:59, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
larger the bulb comma here the more
done --Michael Goodyear (talk) 21:59, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
In the third paragraph of Flowering, use bullet list or ordered list and write point-wise rather than in one line.
done --Michael Goodyear (talk) 22:03, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Of the species Hippeastrum I think it is a genus?
it is but species Hippeastrum refers to hippeastrum species that are sold as such as opposed to cultivars - will reword --Michael Goodyear (talk) 22:03, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
It's fixed. Sainsf <^>Talk all words 13:11, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
The genus has a high ... 3 to 5 years no reference
actually I am now not so sure that the statement about compatibility is correct as stated elsewhere, so will modify --Michael Goodyear (talk) 19:11, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
both parts now ref. --Michael Goodyear (talk) 20:24, 25 December 2013 (UTC)


### Breeding and propagation  Done
Hippeastrum pardinum should be italicized in the image caption
fixed --Michael Goodyear (talk) 20:31, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Delete duplicate links hybrids, cultivars.
only occur once in this section --Michael Goodyear (talk) 20:31, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
In the late 19th and early 20th century saw amaryllis breeding develop - The late 19th and early 20th century saw Amaryllis breeding develop
In the late 19th and early 20th century... the European strains no reference
In 1946 comma here two
Three main methods are used for propagating Hippeastrum; I think colon is more suitable than semicolon
 6 years to bloom six years. Similarly 3–4 years - three to four.
punctuation fixed --Michael Goodyear (talk) 20:41, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
What is (Radescu 2012) ? Write clearly.
ref to biliog - now internalised --Michael Goodyear (talk) 21:10, 25 December 2013 (UTC)


### Conservation  Done
Link threatened, vulnerable
done --Michael Goodyear (talk) 21:45, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Brasil or Brazil?
Brazil --Michael Goodyear (talk) 22:09, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Confused by what you mean in Hippeastrum arboricolum Ravenna (Argentina) and all the next points. Clearly mention what you mean.
Removed authorities as already in Species section. The names of countries in parentheses are where they are threatened --Michael Goodyear (talk) 22:14, 25 December 2013 (UTC)


### Cultivation Done
Two whole paragraphs are unreferenced
done --Michael Goodyear (talk) 22:39, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Delete duplicate links temperate, cultivars.
done --Michael Goodyear (talk) 22:39, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
10 cm above the bulb. Convert template.
? - used 10 cm {{nowrap|10 [[Centimetre|cm]]}}- is that what you meant? --Michael Goodyear (talk) 22:49, 25 December 2013 (UTC)


### Uses Done
What is (Kamenetsky and Okubo, 442)?
ref bibiog. now internalised --Michael Goodyear (talk) 23:00, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Delete duplicate link Netherlands
done --Michael Goodyear (talk) 23:02, 25 December 2013 (UTC)


### Other suggestions Done
Why don't you merge the text in Intergeneric hybrids and Synonyms with Taxonomy? They look awkward as independent sections. Write the synonyms in one line if you include it in Taxonomy.
The major problems here are with the verifiability and clarity of writing. Please respond soon to my comments. Don't worry, this is an article worthy to be a GA, no doubt at that. We need more efforts here. Cheers! Sainsf <^>Talk all words 14:55, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

I assume theese are all covered in the above?--Michael Goodyear (talk) 23:04, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your swift response. The above issues are solved. Sainsf <^>Talk all words 14:00, 30 December 2013 (UTC)


### References
The citation style used is highly inconsistent and in many cases not in accord with usual WP citation styles. It's not clear to me what style should be used: before the recent expansion (e.g. around November 2013) the main style was that of the {{Citation}} template. I am working on making the styles consistent – I think that using the various "Cite" templates may be best. Any views? Peter coxhead (talk) 13:25, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

I agree. I use the general "cite" templates - will suit this the best. Sainsf <^>Talk all words 13:11, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
I've done all the references; the Bibliography entries wait to be done – feel free! Peter coxhead (talk) 12:16, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for doing that. Let us know when all the work is finished. Sainsf <^>Talk all words 14:02, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
Ok will push on with bibliography --Michael Goodyear (talk) 14:23, 30 December 2013 (UTC)


#### Bibliography
##### General Done
--Michael Goodyear (talk) 16:43, 30 December 2013 (UTC)


##### Specific  Done
--Michael Goodyear (talk) 18:04, 31 December 2013 (UTC)


##### Articles  Done
--Michael Goodyear (talk) 19:01, 31 December 2013 (UTC)


### Final
The text is well-ordered and written properly, and all the rest issues have been addressed. Thus I can now pass this article for GA status. It has been great working with you, Mgoodyear. Good luck for your future efforts, and hope this article goes on for FAC! Sainsf <^>Talk all words 05:56, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Congratulations! Nice article. I think it's not far off from a FA. :)   --Tom Hulse (talk) 06:35, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
What would you suggest for a FA? --Michael Goodyear (talk) 17:20, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
Of what Sasata guided me about FAC, firstly, an article has to be rich in literature. I am not sure about plant articles, you can refer to plant FAs (see [here]). This article is already great in its coverage, but you should contact other experienced editors. Sainsf <^>Talk all words 04:44, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

GA status 1 January 2014

edits checked
21 November 2016 --Michael Goodyear (talk) 03:14, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

The Etymology section is more taxonomy really - I think some of the prose is split into too-small sections and would amalgamate some.
We have been round and round on this - the GA template places etymology as a subsection of taxonomy --Michael Goodyear (talk) 18:49, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
I'd leave the Synonyms section/list for the taxobox and discuss significant ones in prose not a list.
More discussion on the relevance or lack thereof of subgenera. Section is too stubby as is.
Can we add somethning on relationships to other genera within the family?
I'd move the species list to a separate page.  Done--Michael Goodyear (talk) 14:49, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
Looking promising - more later. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 15:11, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Making a start - revamping citations first --Michael Goodyear (talk) 22:03, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

I reverted the Auto image box back to 940 from 700, because I had originally selected 940 to match the width of the text --Michael Goodyear (talk) 02:45, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

The width of the text viewed on what? On a tablet, like an iPad? On a 13 inch laptop? On a 15 inch monitor? On a 32 inch monitor? On a mobile phone? Wikipedia is viewed more and more on mobile devices. See WP:IMAGESIZE which suggests a maximum width of a mere 400 pixels. "In general, do not define the size of an image unless there is a good reason to do so: some users have small screens ... Where size forcing is appropriate, larger images should generally be a maximum of 500 pixels tall and 400 pixels wide, so that they can comfortably be displayed on the smallest displays in common use." 400 is a bit too small for multiple images, but your 940 is terrible viewed on an iPad, which is why I first reduced it.
I suggest putting the images in two rows and reducing the width. Peter coxhead (talk) 13:14, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

This is is a GA (Good Article) page, and choice of images should be carefully considered (see manual of Style). Images should illustrate a particular point in the text, and be placed relative to the relevant text, without distorting the overall page layout. --Michael Goodyear (talk) 16:50, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Dear, Michael Goodyear

I am not engaged in edit war, your main and right concern was, that the image is without description. Keeping in mind your concern, I had added description, unfortunately without looking at the image you reverted. The image shows, clearly male and female organs of the plant.
If you still don't like it you may remove it, I am Not going to add it again
Best wishes
Aftab Banoori  (Talk) 03:00, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Actually the image doesn't show the carpels. Hippeastrum has inferior ovaries so only the stamens, style and stigma are visible in the view shown. Peter coxhead (talk) 08:42, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
No, that was not my primary concern, although images should always be labelled. I am sure they are perfectly good images, but the purpose of images on Wikipedia is to illustrate the text, and I don't think anyone was convinced that the images you supplied added any new information to a page that already has many carefully selected and positioned images. If your images are in Wikipedia Commons, there is a prominent link there, and readers will see them. Thank you. --Michael Goodyear (talk) 12:49, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

A comment was added by Joseph Laferriere in revisions recently that the list of synonyms was 'flat wrong'. I traced the history of this section - it appears to have been imported from the Spanish GA article, which gives Amaryllidaceae.org as the source.Michael Goodyear (talk) 14:01, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

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This article seems to leave many relevant aspects unclear. It seems that the original natural varieties did have at least somewhat large showy flowers. Why did these characteristics evolve in this group of plants? Then, since 1800, they have been extensively selectively bred/manipulated for their flowers. Most people who come to this article are probably more interested in the bred varieties. It seems like maybe the article should be more clearly divided between content about the natural varieties and the domesticated? To what extent if any have the human-modified versions escaped to the wild? Have they intermingled or affected the natural varieties in any way -- are the natural varieties threatened by the domesticated?-71.174.190.122 (talk) 17:53, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

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Much of the information on this Wikipedia page of possible interest to garden hobbyists appears to be localized to temperate climate.  I have grown a variety of Hippeastrum for well over 60 years in Southern California (Mediterranean climate).  I received a second variety about three or four years ago.  
My bulbs are outdoors in flower pots and usually stay in leaf year round.  New leaves appear at the same time as the flower scape grows up from the bulb.  If I keep them watered and do not force them to go dormant, they will flower two or three times in a year.  
Normal winters here are cool and wet.  Frosts are expected.  Winter chill (hours of temperatures at or below 45F) average  320 hours.  None of this results in my bulbs going dormant.  Of course, if we have a severe winter (strong winds, frequent night-time frosts, and above-average hours of chill), one or more of my bulbs might go dormant.  However, I have never lost a Hippeastrum bulb because of winter weather although they remain outdoors all year.  
As I am an amateur hobby gardener and have no experience with climates other than what I experience in Southern California, I am reluctant to edit Hippeastrum.  I am posting this comment in hopes that someone with broader experience will update that page.  
Photos of my two varieties of Hippeastrum may be seen on my Web page at http://www.rossde.com/garden/garden_hippeastrum.html.
DERoss 20:30, 30 Apr 2019 (PDT)

@DERoss: I understand your point, but we can only add material to a Wikipedia article based on reliable sources, so your experiences (or mine) can't be used directly. If there's a source that discusses growing Hippeastrum cultivars in Mediterranean climates, then definitely this topic should be included. Peter coxhead (talk) 07:32, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Good morning. Greetings to all the fellow editors!
I have several photographs of the Hippeastrum genus and I would like that my pictures could illustrate the articles that correspond to it's species. But since I’m not a botanist, I can’t identify it.
I have created a gallery in Commons to show the photos in question, so that some of you can help me easily: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_Hippeastrum_in_Venezuela
I thank you in advance for any support in this regard, and I hope that you are doing fine. --Sebastián Arena...  02:51, 19 May 2020 (UTC)