I photographed my Amaryllis the other day to show Lisa, as she gifted the bulb to me last Christmas. I was excited that I hadn’t killed it off since it requires such special care up here in the Midwest! I brought it in last fall and thought surely it was a goner, until one morning I woke up and saw an inch of growth overnight.
It’s been growing a couple of inches a day ever since! It stands 28 inches tall now – and since the first bloom is now wide open, I had to snap a shot of how big it is.
You wouldn’t know by looking at it that it’s as big as a small child’s head – but there you have it! Chickeymonkey is pretty mad that this flower is nearly as big as she is – it took her seven years to get this big. haha!
It’s a beautiful flower, and with the new growth at the base I think I’ll be transplanting to a larger pot this year as it seems it’s going to need it.
Aaaah. Just a touch of color against all of this white snow. Can’t wait for Spring!!
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WOW! This is one of those magical times when I don’t want to know how you did it; how you captured the images so perfectly… I just want to enjoy.
:love:
mine while still alive, hasn’t bloomed in a long time. So right now it’s in the garage getting cold. I’m hoping to force a bloom here soon.
I love these flowers, and this one is gorgeous, such a rich intense colour, and your pic of it with chickey monkey is just beautiful.
Cheers Debra (Australia)
That’s some flower! Wonderfully photographed, I might add…
Would you believe my former mother-in-law still has an Amaryllis we gave her back in 1994? It’s true! It should be dead, but it keeps on going and going and going. She has some paperwhites that are still around, too.
Your flower is lovely! That red is yummy!
Lovely flower, aren’t Amaryllis amazing. I haven’t grown any for a while, but must remember next Autumn, in the UK if we plant them at the right time we can get them to flower at Christmas, they are quite spectacular.
Be very careful when potting on, those types of bulbs will only flower if their roots are really crammed into the pot, give them too much space and they won’t flower for you
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