boojum said:Hey don't knock it!!!

I wish I knew what the name of it was.

amaryllis cybister lima

Beautiful blooms.Thank you for posting them.It will be a while before any of mine bloom.

Hello to all! This will be my first time to grow Amaryllis, and my first time to join this A&H chat forum. I have been growing some orchids indoors and some houseplants. Have seen most of you in other forums as well in ATP

So yesterday at the OSH (Orchard Supply Hardware) I got an amaryllis bulb. The label says it is an Apple Blossom. So here's keeping fingers crossed that I can make this grow nicely indoors.

Here is how I set her up for now:

Inside a glass vase, sitting on hydroton rocks, and the rocks are sitting on top of water gel beads


Close-up of her bulb


If this blooms well, I may get some more

Happy Monday to everyone!

Hi Tarev! I am one of the addicts. There are soooo many beauties!! Mine are a few years old and in hiding (dark and no water) till December.

Hi Kathy! So when you keep them in the dark and waterless, is that because you want to delay the bloomtime?

Well yes it forces them to bud. But they need a dormancy period like they would get in the ground. Unfortunately they don't all bloom again for me but some years they do well. I'm hoping!

Thanks Kathy! Ah so they are somewhat temperamental too like some of the orchids hehehe!

Must be a flaw in my personality that I try to grow temperamental plants! :biggrin:
Tarev, I tried an experiment this year. I grew them in the ground in summer like I was in the deep south. In the past they have rotted for me in pots but they didn't in the ground, despite ridiculous amts of rain (and floods) this year. They were in full sun. No one bloomed (they bloom for me in winter) but I'm hoping I get more to bloom this winter because of their new routine. We will see!

Ah, the challenge of a rebloom is always hard to resist I have been reading as much as I can on all the threads here, and everywhere else...always hoping for the best for all our experiments

Went back to OSH and got another Amaryllis bulb, its name says Amaryllis Minerva. This time around, I will plant it in soil.. And I got some paperwhites too...something to anticipate this winter

Made this photo collage of my amaryllis apple blossom, amaryllis minerva, and some paperwhites ...the waiting game of the bulb watch!

Tarev
I think a big part of the pleasure of amaryllis is the bulb watch and how fast and tall they grow. the anticipation with the final WOW when you finally get the open bloom.

i am currently growing 55 for sale in 2 markets and is so surprising the difference between Holland bulbs and southern hemisphere.
yours are looking great good luck.

mike

Thanks Mike Wow growing 55 bulbs..that is fun! My hubby does not understand why I need to have more than one heheh! If I really go successful on these, I will pursue a little more later on

I have about 50 bulbs in the ground here those dont bloom till spring most are red lion if you are in need of some more bulbs i buy wholesale min order is 5 bulbs of same kind and in the spring i might even trade/sell some of mine out of the ground.

I did a co-op and ordered about 350 bulbs for others also The thread "ORDER THREAD FOR AMARYLLIS Co-op By CHEFMIKE...." in Classifieds and Group Buys forum i can still order most the bulbs if anyone wants any getting almost to late to get blooms for Christmas but i will tell you matterhorn was growing to bloom in 3 weeks!!record speed

mike

This is my bulb watch week 2:



At least the Amaryllis Minerva has straightened up its stem

Wow! Looks great there! I still haven't sprung the hippies from the dark.

My bulb watch week 3:

Lookin' good!!!!

Looking at my amaryllis in bloom, just wondering, I see its stamen with the yellow pollen and filament, what is that elongated thing in the middle that is growing along with the filament? I did not see that elongated pinkish part in the other blooms of the same plant.. Or is that the housing of the pollen?

With the elongated pinkish part:



No elongated pinkish part: