Amaryllis Seedlings - Any advice

[orchidsarefun]

these seedlings are about 18 months old.
I found one blog post that said that seedlings can be forced into dormancy, most say they must grow year-round.
I have a space problem and would prefer them to go into storage, along with my other bulbs.
Has anyone any advice to offer - based on their experience ?
Ironically - as you can see in the photo - some of the seedlings have produced offsets. The last thing I need ! As these are a product of a selfing, I wonder if the seedlings have returned to type and lost the mother characterisitics? I suppose only time will tell - hope to bloom these next year. The mother only produced offsets this year - after 3 years !





there is also a range of bulb sizes evident. Some are large and some appear to be the same size as when I planted them out a couple of months back.

[SJF]

I am searching. I found this for you:
AMARYLLIS: YEAR-ROUND CARE

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this too:
How to Pull Up Amaryllis Bulbs for Winter Storage | eHow

You are so lucky to have all of those. That is wonderful. Besides orchids I love, amaryllis, African violets, Christmas cactus and jasmine.

[Leafmite]

I toss them in a paper bag and stick them...wherever (in the house/basement). In the spring, I plant them out in the garden. Mine bloom in the early part of summer and grow all year. The smaller bulbs will take a few years to get large enough. I just gave most of mine away and left some in the ground to become mush...they were all from the original bulb someone gave me and the same color. I kept two.

[orchidsarefun]

thanks. I do overwinter a whole range of bulbs, including amaryllis.
My issue is with seedling/immature bulbs. I don't know whether to just pot them up in small pots and try and provide sufficient lighting.......or even better.......to try and make them go dormant. I don't know if the smaller bulbs, or any "seedling" bulb, will survive any type of dormancy.
I had them potted up last year, but they took up a lot of space and foliage didn't look good at all.

[SJF]

Originally Posted by orchidsarefun

thanks. I do overwinter a whole range of bulbs, including amaryllis.
My issue is with seedling/immature bulbs. I don't know whether to just pot them up in small pots and try and provide sufficient lighting.......or even better.......to try and make them go dormant. I don't know if the smaller bulbs, or any "seedling" bulb, will survive any type of dormancy.
I had them potted up last year, but they took up a lot of space and foliage didn't look good at all.

I just read that the bulb should be fully developed prior to letting it go dormant. Hth

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Did you grow these from seed? What color are they?

[orchidsarefun]

I selfed an Apple Blossom Amaryllis
Appleblossom Amaryllis

as these apparently don't breed "true", I am interested in seeing the bulbs flower. Already something strange has happened in that a few of the bulbs have offsets.....when they should have just grown larger

this guy had the space.........my windows are full of orchids
Amaryllis from seed : Grows on You

[SJF]

Very cool! Did you see his thread that includes them flowering?
Amaryllis seedlings : Grows on You

[orchidsarefun]

Originally Posted by SJF

Very cool! Did you see his thread that includes them flowering?
Amaryllis seedlings : Grows on You

yep, I followed the entire story. I like the growbag idea too - means I can again grow veggies in my veggie garden !

he has an update
M(a)y flowers! : Grows on You

[Rico13]

Wow! That's a lot of bulbs! When the weather gets cooler around here all of my bulbous plants start to go dormant. I just cut the leaves off and put them in a bag until the spring. I think you could put them all in a bag (or bags). But to be sure I would also so some more research on other sites to be safe though.

[Tindomul]

Moving this to the off topic forum.