Hi all. A co-worker of mine, an older lady, has been telling me about her "two-leaf" plant for about a year. It just grows two leaves and doesn't do anything else, despite her efforts. Finally she put it under a table, ignored it for a few months, and what do you know, it eventually grew... two leaves! Curious, I asked to see a picture, and was able to identify it as an amaryllis. She gave it to me as an assignment. I re-potted the thing in better soil and am setting it out right now, since we're still getting some warm days.
There it is. The bulb was small and light, with rotted roots underneath. The big leaf is leaning against the bricks, otherwise it flops over. My question is this:
As I understand it, the leaves feed the bulb during the growing season. How long should I wait before cutting off these leaves and let the bulb go dormant? I doubt it will will bloom this winter, since it's so weak, but should I start it like normal after it had been dormant for a couple of months? I'm really hoping that it can be saved and will bloom again some day, to my co-worker's delight!
Also, I bought my first amaryllises after this: Apple Blossom and Orange Sovereign. That'll have to do for now. Something tells me that I will be collecting more as time goes on!
Thanks in advance for sharing your experience and opinion.
