Amaryllis Season is back!

[No-Pro-mwa]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Do you have a papillio??

Any Amaryllis can be grown evergreen. As long as constant warm temperature and watering is given, they will stay evergreen.

I just force them to sleep in the late fall or early winter by stopping watering them completely.
I do that mainly because I want to have some break from those large leaves that are all over the place in my windowsills which I get tired of seeing over time you know. and also, some of my orchids want more sun during the winter, so it works great for everyone here.

Without the rest, they will still bloom in the spring.
Different varieties may respond differently.

Can you run me how you care for your Amaryllis briefly?
I might be able to help you with something.

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That is great to hear, Rosie!

It has finally bounced back I guess.

I hate to say this, but I have not had one for a long time. I had a green apple or something, was a bit smaller that I got to re-bloom. and a miniature one, pink. Those were the only ones I ever got to re-bloom.

I have wanted the papillio for a long time. It looks nice. I just a while ago got an e-mail from a supplier and they had there bulbs on sale. Well what was left. I was thinking of getting one or two.

They are probably gone by now.

I would slow down watering in the fall then put them in a cool dark place. Bring them out in the spring and start watering again.

I'll tell you one thing after reading you talking about the water I know I don't water them enough. This has always been a problem with me and it still is.

[NYCorchidman]

Watering is very important.
Any plants in active growth need water to grow, not to mention to stay turgid. Slight dry soil for a very short time every now and then won't hurt (although not good) the plant, any prolonged drought will definitely affect the plant in negative ways.
Not enough leaves or not enough bulking up in size (bulb itself) in the fall, going into dormancy in wrong time being probably be one of the worst.

I water mine almost every other day in the summer when it is hot and things dry out fast. Amaryllis also have many large leaves by summer, so they drink up lots of water as well.
Mine is sitting in 10 in plastic pot with regular potting soil ( fine peat and sand mostly).

[Daethen]

I took a good look at mine yesterday and have been watering heavier since your first piece of advice on that. I swear the leaves are nearly 3 feet long! They look fabulous and the bulb is very healthy looking. I guess I will just keep up the new watering regime and time will tell. Really hope I can do this guy justice and that will give me a reason to collect more of them.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Watering is very important.
Any plants in active growth need water to grow, not to mention to stay turgid. Slight dry soil for a very short time every now and then won't hurt (although not good) the plant, any prolonged drought will definitely affect the plant in negative ways.
Not enough leaves or not enough bulking up in size (bulb itself) in the fall, going into dormancy in wrong time being probably be one of the worst.

I water mine almost every other day in the summer when it is hot and things dry out fast. Amaryllis also have many large leaves by summer, so they drink up lots of water as well.
Mine is sitting in 10 in plastic pot with regular potting soil ( fine peat and sand mostly).

10 inch pot, that is big. All the places you get them from always say to only put them into a pot that is 1 inch from the side of the bulb.

So you add more sand to the potting soil or you mean it is already in there?

[NYCorchidman]

I either buy bare bulbs online or bulbs that are already planted in a clay pot (usually 8 inch diameter).

I think the small pot is mainly for the look, as many people use potted amaryllis as holiday house décor and once the flowers are done, they are out of the house.

Amaryllis makes lots of roots and such small pots are no good for good growth of the plant.

[RosieC]

I once read that the small pot was to discourage new bulblets from developing on the side of the main one.

I don't care about that and actually have 3 joined bulbs, two about the same size (since the original struggled for a couple of years and one of it's babies caught up) and one much smaller one.

The larger two bulbs both flowered this year. Unfortunately I didn't have time to get photos.

[NYCorchidman]

Bulblets will grow no matter what.
The problem would be that the bulblet would be squeezed and develop into strange shape.

I gave away all my amaryllis now and I am keeping one Showmaster, which has one bulblet growing attached to the mother bulb.

Until I make some drastic change on my windowsill arrangement, I will probably not going to have more amaryllis.

[tarev]

I have one amaryllis that I grow in a mix of hydroton rocks and water gel in a glass container. I first put it in a glass container to force bloom, then I decided to keep it in that set-up. Have just recently moved to a bigger glass container, since the bulb has grown bigger and is getting too tight. The set-up makes it easier to keep the root zone moist. I keep the water level always below the bulb, so it keeps the bulb rot free and roots seek moisture below and gets good air around it since the rocks are porous.
In its first container before:


New set-up this May 2014, to allow room for the bulb to grow a little more.

[Daethen]

That looks pretty cool.

[RosieC]

One of the flowers on one of mine is no developing a seed pod. It's the only one doing it out of several flowers.

Does this mean I might get fertile seeds, or do you need multiple plants for that. Anyone know how hard they are to grow from seed?