Amaryllis -- houseplant junction

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Date Posted: 15:31:55 02/20/02 Wed
Author: Liz
Subject: Amaryllis

My amaryllis is in bloom, with beautiful deep red blossoms. I read that these can be grown year round as house plants and will bloom again without dying back. Does anyone know if this is so?

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[> Re: Amaryllis -- perLite, 20:30:38 02/20/02 Wed [1]

Absolutely. It does need a dormant period.
After the flower is done, prune off the spike and let the leaves do their job, which is feeding the bulb and growing a new flowerbud inside the bulb. I'd wait til the leaves begin to die back and not trim them til then.
I confess to not being sure about the dormant period and treatment at that time. It's my assumption it should be kept on the cool side (not freezing cold), with just enough water to keep the bulb from shriveling. Bring to warmth and increase the water again once you see some green foliage begin to grow.

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[> Re: Amaryllis -- Liz, 22:59:01 02/20/02 Wed [1]

That's pretty much what I did last year--left it outside till frost became likely. I think I could leave it protected by the wall and it would be OK all winter, I have piggyback plants out there that wintered OK and some kind of succulent thing. My tall cactus also did OK and I think my fuscias are still alive. I think they all like the sun we've been getting lately too.

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[> Re: Amaryllis -- Cena, 07:10:43 02/24/02 Sun [1]

You stop watering in September... I have a website for all this info, I forget, and start in the near spring, but if you want blooms for Christmas or soon after...?

Mine grow and grow out on the balcony without anysign of wanting to be anything beyond strap leaves.

They are REALLY easy to hand pollenate. And you get oddles and gobs of seeds. Trouble with that is, the seeds take from three to five years to grow to a plant that will bloom. BUT hey, half of gardening is seeing what you CAN do, not what's possible. Searching for that site...

Holiday Plants seen here: /www.rochestergardening.com/spotlight/a/sl981119.html#CC

Good luck and try your hand at making new ones!

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[> Re: Amaryllis -- Liz, 18:25:19 02/25/02 Mon [1]

Thanks! perL and Cena, I saw a post on another forum about someone who doesn't make them go dormant but they don't bloom.....Cena, tried your link but only got the page can't be displayed msg. Will try again later.

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