Comments on: Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) in Bloom – or Not – it must be February

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:18:39 +0000

I have an amaryllis that has been split from a plant dating back many generations in my family. I don’t know what kind it is, all I can tell you is that it is orange. I brought a bulb from my main plant into my office. It is getting its first bloom right now. It has been standing so proud and quite straight, but today when I came into my office it is leaning so much that it is almost resting on the edge of its pot. Should I be concerned? Should I stake it more upright? My co-workers and I have been so excited about this bloom and I would be so sad if something happened to it at this point. I’m guessing the flowers will be opening in the next day or two.

Thanks for any advice you can offer!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:15:45 +0000

Marolyn and Jean – welcome

and thanks, you guys encourage me to get off my duff, get a better camera – and learn how to use it!

Sounds like a bit more on amaryllis would be a good idea, so please check back soon.

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:11:37 +0000

Leslie, I wanted to drop by to thank you for visiting my blog and to return the favor. I didn’t know about this species of amaryllis, and they are beautiful; I will definitely look for some of these bulbs. Your photographs of them (especially the first one) look like watercolors. Wow! -Jean

By: Marolyn Charpentier

Marolyn Charpentier — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:47:47 +0000

The arcs of your amaryllis are so elegant: your photos do resemble Victorian prints! I must look for this bulb next round at the garden store. But my luck with amaryllis hasn’t been good…one that I re-potted last autumn sent up two handsome leaves, but no flower stem. I know this is a matter of ‘timing and lighting’, but any advice would be welcome.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:14:40 +0000

Hi Lorna, thanks for the kind words about the photos (the old-print look was a lucky accident). I’ll keep your book suggestion in mind and encourage the cats to do cute things when I have the camera handy.

Carolyn, welcome. But don’t say black thumb. I absolutely forbid it! Everyone can be successful with plants if they come at it starting with what the plants want from them, instead of what they want from the plants. Happily, it’s very easy to be in synch with amaryllis, and if your orchid is growing well it may well go on to flower ( your thumb is evidently less black than you think).

By: Carolyn Jung

Carolyn Jung — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:00:06 +0000

That is gorgeous! As someone who has a black thumb, I admire people who can grow blooms so beautiful as this. I have an orchid plant that I’m hoping, hoping, HOPING will re-bloom. One hopeful sign is that it actually is putting out new leaves. So I guess I have not killed it yet. Whew!

By: Lorna Sass

Lorna Sass — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:53:42 +0000

Absolutely gorgeous amaryllis photos. The first one looks like a Victorian print in the best possible way. I’m going out to buy a bulb right now, well maybe tomorrow when it stops snowing.

Oh, how I miss my cats; your lucky ones get to sleep in a greenhouse. I think you need to write a book about cats’ adventures in a green house. I’d buy it.