Ursula, what is your plant that looks like a tree? I saw it on the second video, it is to the left, directly inside of the door to the plant room.

Susan, it is an Adenium. I had bought it many many years ago as a very small plant, thinking I had Adenium obesum, but it simply took off, very unlike Adenium obesum. I lop off the top of the branches every few years or so.
The growth habit ( trunk) and size are typical for Adenium somalense, but looking at the flowers I suspect is a somalense hybrid, perhaps x with obesum. It blooms nicely every few months.
Here are some pictures from last year, but right now the plant is a lot greener.

That is just gorgeous, Ursula!!!
Here is the Hippeastrum Athene from Patti in full bloom and in her pot.

Sweet Lillian with another scape.

If I had more room....
Kathy, they are lovely!

Wow, it is just lovely!

These are just the greatest plants - I love the way you can stagger the bloom times so you can have these huge, flashy flowers in the middle of the winter. During Christmas I have so many other things to keep my attention, but January, February - I need color!

Two bulbs of a NOID, you can see where I hand pollinated the first and the seedpods are growing.

Great color! What did you cross it with?

Just found another bud on a second clivia so I moved it out of the cool room.

The first clivia has shot up in the warmth.

This walking iris hasn't bloomed in years so I was thrilled to notice this bud.

Clivias too.... your house must be amazing.

Only crossed it with itself, it's quite possible I won't get anything out of them, but we'll see. That's the downside to serial blooms ... I should definitely try crossing, they are so easy to pollinate with just the tip of my finger.

I once did a cross (the only cross I've ever tried cause they are so easy) but the bulbs haven't grown big enough to bloom after years. I may try planting them in the ground like glads this year and see whether they fatten up.

Brent Heath told me that it takes 7 years for a daffodil seed to grow large enough to bloom,
I imagine an amaryllis would take longer.

It's only sposta take 3 years.

maybe it's like dog years?

I've got two 3year old seedlings in the ground, and they're only about 6" tall! I'm not holding my breath for blooms!

Now you know why new varieties are so expensive, I guess!

Whew, no kidding!

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