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Re: Amaryllis

Thanks a bunch for your help, It's suppose to be an Amaryliss or so the box
said, I got it at walmart already in a package but I don't know anything about
them except I have seen alot of them and they seem to put up the bloom stalk
first, but mine is crazy or something  :)
Shirley

Depau S. Depau wrote:

> 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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