Sunday, March 1, 2009

"The Life and Times of a Christmas Amaryllis"

Full blossom


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Anonymous said...

Hi Papa,
This is so nice!!! I really enjoyed it, and the boys did, too! Our Amaryllis is just now, TODAY, actually opening it's first bloom! :^)
We have tow stocks, and each stock has two buds/blooms on it! So that is different from yours. I wish we had taken pics, too, but we didn't. We may at this stage, though. :^) Love you!

March 2, 2009 at 7:26 AM
Anonymous said...

Hi, Did you know, if you cut the long stem the flowers were on, totally off near the bottom of the dirt, the leaves will grow to a large size and you can grow the plant all summer, either in a pot outside or in the ground? I do it. I bring it in the house in the fall and cut off all the leaves as they wilt. I take the bulb out of its dirt and store the bulb away in a closet in a brown paper bag with holes in it, no water. It has to breathe. It needs a rest period. Around December, I take it out and replant it. By the first of March or earlier, it has blossomed with those beautiful flowers again. I did it for many years. This fall, I left it out one night, when I thought it would be all right and it got frost bitten. I threw them out. I had a red and a pink and white one. I felt bad and just now, I miss it, seeing yours. I never put mine into the ground but I suppose it would be the same proceedure, just dig it up early before frost hits. Just FYI. Thanks for sharing. Cousin Doro

March 2, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Unknown said...

wow. beautiful. mine is growing again, much taller this time. looks as if if might blossom soon.

March 6, 2009 at 5:13 PM

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