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Re: Amaryllis

Hi Shirley:
The plant you are thinking of is also an Amaryllis or one of its relatives.
We always called them Naked Ladies.  That's what the nurseries sell them as
around here.  They send up a flower stalk first, and then the leaves come
later.  I don't know of any Amaryllis which sends up leaves first, with the
possible exception of the one above.
Just a thought,
Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: Shirley <lsdm@tcac.net>
To: indoor-gardening@prairienet.org <indoor-gardening@prairienet.org>
Date: Saturday, January 02, 1999 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: Amaryllis


>It is a new bulb that I bought in the Fall and I set it in a small pot, it
started
>growing with in a few days but no bloom stalks and alot of leaves now..
>Will it go ahead and bloom ? I thought the blooms were suppose to come up
first and
>then the leaves ?
>Shirley
>
>Kathleen Meistrell wrote:
>
>>         Is the plant that is not blooming an old one?  Amaryllis like
lots of sun
>> and food in the summer months; then a dry rest period of 2-3 months.
After
>> the rest period, bring them inside...Water well and they will bloom.
They
>> do like to be a bit pot bound.  It is best to divide and transplant them
>> early in the spring so that they can develop a hardy root systems and
>> gather the nutrients that they need to produce flower stalks the next
year.
>
>
>
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