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Produce => Under Glass => Topic started by: laurieuk on May 14, 2007, 21:02:31

Title: amarlyllis
Post by: laurieuk on May 14, 2007, 21:02:31
I thought I had posted this before but cannot find it. Many have problems getting these to flower but if you feed well for about four months and leave the leaves on they will flower each year. I bought the original bulb in 1988 and have given bulbs away most years. When I divide this up next year I will have another five.

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Title: Re: amarlyllis
Post by: MrsKP on May 14, 2007, 21:51:08
i have the same one flower for two years now.  It's out in the garden atm !  :o
Title: Re: amarlyllis
Post by: quizzical1 on May 15, 2007, 12:03:15
Never seen any of mine split into new plants. Do they do that? With mine, the bulb just gets bigger and bigger after each flowering, until they outgrow the pot. Currently have one (amarylis apple blossom) just finished flowering a couple of weeks ago, and the leaves (3) are about 3 foot long. The bulb itself is now around 5 inches in diameter, and growing.
Title: Re: amarlyllis
Post by: laurieuk on May 15, 2007, 19:46:01
Some varieties seem to multiply more than others, I have a white one that I rescued from a person who could not get it to flower and that one produces many offshoots each year, but most produces side growths given time.

Never seen any of mine split into new plants. Do they do that? With mine, the bulb just gets bigger and bigger after each flowering, until they outgrow the pot. Currently have one (amarylis apple blossom) just finished flowering a couple of weeks ago, and the leaves (3) are about 3 foot long. The bulb itself is now around 5 inches in diameter, and growing.
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