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Dec 16, 2011 8:53 PM CST
Name: tarev
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Hi Larry!

Here are my December blooms:

Schlumbergera hybrid:

This was how she started her bloom:
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Adding this photo today, 17Dec with her stamen more prominently displayed:
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Amaryllis

My first attempt to force an Amaryllis bulb, started forcing 19Nov and she started blooming 08Dec:
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Made her into a nice Christmas centerpiece Big Grin
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Mini-cymbidium slowly waking-up:
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It is a foggy 36F outside today, 17Dec, and my Mandevilla's and Gaillardia's already in bloom since November, are still in bloom and doing fine up to now:

Gaillardia
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Mandevilla
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A wonderful Christmas to all!
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