Re: An Amaryllis tale

Amaryllis 
I wished I knew the answer. I have one I received for CHRISTmas. I put it
outside last summerm kept it on the dry side on the patio. This past
fall, a couple of leaves emerged. I brought it in the house next to the
patio slideing door, east light. In Jan. the leaves died back. I forgot
about it & today I saw a new leaf coming up!!! Whaaaaaaaa?
I picked my first Camellia flower today. Put in a small bowl of water.
C.S. Wilson, pink/white. Warm rain coming down. Frogs are croaking. 
My blood tests today were good. Wife is much better after her stint of
bronchitis, etc & all day in the emergency room. She must be better. She
cooked me a great dinner. You all have a gr888 week.

Tony Veca <><
Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
Vancouver, WA

On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 18:39:24 -0500 "Kitty Morrissy" <kmrsy@earthlink.net>
writes:
> Maddy,
> I just read through about 50 messages of the last couple of days, 
> and it
> doesn't look like anyone responded to your question re number of 
> blooms.  I
> had an Amaryllis that had 8 blooms on one stalk the first year.  The 
> next
> year it had 2 stalks of 4, then last year it had one stalk of 4, but 
> it
> also had a daughter bulb, which I'm assuming drew some of the 
> energy.  I
> don't know that there's any guarantee of how it will perform from 
> year to
> year, but a good fertilizer program will help.
> 
> Kitty
> 
> 
> > [Original Message]
> > From: <MyTGoldens@aol.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Date: 3/3/2003 6:14:59 AM
> > Subject: [CHAT] An Amaryllis tale
> >
> > I usually have a few Amaryllis bulbs in the house in the Winter, 
> and 
> > sometimes I have good luck getting them to bloom a second year, 
> sometimes 
> > not. But this year I got one as a Christmas present that simply 
> blew me
> away. 
> > It came preplanted in a simple plastic pot and I don't know the 
> variety
> name 
> > (it was a white one brushed with bright red) but what was so 
> amazing to
> me is 
> > that the flower stalk (and there was just one) had EIGHT flowers 
> on it 
> > instead of the usual four! What a sight that was! Has anyone ever 
> seen
> this 
> > happen before, and does anyone know if it will bloom the same way 
> if I
> can 
> > get it to bloom again next year, or will it go back to the usual 
> 4
> flowers? 
> > It also took a lot longer to bloom than the others on the same
> windowsill. In 
> > fact, it is just finishing now.
> >
> > "I heard a bird sing in the dark of December;
> > we're closer to Spring than we were in September!" (I forgot who 
> wrote
> that; 
> > anyone know?)
> >
> > Maddy Mason
> > Hudson Valley, NY zone 5/6 (probably zone 1 THIS Winter! LOL!)
> >
> > 
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Tony Veca <><
Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
Vancouver, WA

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