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Post by madonplants on Mar 10, 2008 17:10:44 GMT 1
I've never had three heads before and I have had a few bulbs over the years. I have always wondered, why couldn't they send them up at the same time, suppose it would look a bit congested then, wouldn't it?
Keith
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 10, 2008 19:47:02 GMT 1
mine are still just sitting in their pots looking dead......  |
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Post by Sweetleaf on Mar 10, 2008 19:52:00 GMT 1
mine are still just sitting in their pots looking dead...... Its a midlands thing then! Of the three I have, two are just leaves and one is a scaly looking dead thing, still firm though, ::)so Im not giving up! |
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Post by debidoos on Mar 10, 2008 19:55:24 GMT 1
Whenever I've attempted these, they've either got top heavy and bent in half, or got top heavy and fallen off the windowsill :  |
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Post by madonplants on Mar 10, 2008 21:25:20 GMT 1
Whenever I've attempted these, they've either got top heavy and bent in half, or got top heavy and fallen off the windowsill : This one does wobble a bit, especially as this third flower spike is taller than the other two. I turn it frequently to help with this. I fed it once after the second one started losing it's flowers, but realised what I thought was leaves coming up, was another flower spike. Whether feeding it made it grow taller I don't know, probably. Keith |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 15, 2008 21:45:07 GMT 1
mine are still just sitting in their pots looking dead...... Its a midlands thing then! Of the three I have, two are just leaves and one is a scaly looking dead thing, still firm though, ::)so Im not giving up! Achully...one of mine looks ready to burst into life...well it might be...praps...maybe....sigh.... : |
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Post by maggyd on Mar 15, 2008 23:29:32 GMT 1
Thats really lovely Keith I must remember to get one next year I havent had one since we moved into this bungalow!! the only windowsills or in the bedrooms!  or kitchen : bathroom. |
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Post by debbiem on Mar 19, 2008 10:45:00 GMT 1
Keith it's lovely - a bit close to the microwave though. ;D Roan yours is lovely too - it IS a bit odd isn't it, them both flowering simultaneously in different hemispheres. |
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Post by Sweetleaf on Mar 25, 2008 14:46:40 GMT 1
Anything on yours Cheery? Mine still only has leaves, and one is definitely dead.  |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 6, 2008 17:47:10 GMT 1
Both mine seem to be waking up...it's a slow process isn't it? |
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 7, 2008 7:22:56 GMT 1
It's a funny old business, getting them to flower year after year and seems quite arbitrary. I've had mine for about 3 years now I think and they seem to get slower and later to come into flower every successive year. They are just starting to grow new leaves now so I have a long wait I think. I dunno if anyone will find any of this information useful or not: www.amaryllis.com/pac.htm |
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 15, 2008 10:24:04 GMT 1
My 2 Amaryllis have finally each thrown up a flower stem - growing very rapidly now too - I checked back at the date of the photos I posted last year - by the time the flowers open I reckon it will be almost the same date! So although they feel as if they are hanging about not doing anything much, in fact, they are right on time every year....amazing really |
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 15, 2008 10:27:41 GMT 1
So what do you do with them when they've finished flowering?
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 15, 2008 10:34:33 GMT 1
Cut down on the watering and let the leaves die down naturally. Then I usually shove the pots on a shelf out of direct sunlight and leave them there for the winter. I repotted them a couple of years ago in the late winter and waited for some signs of life and then brought them out to the window sill. I dunno if that's right but it seems to be working with my two. They are in the conservatory all year and it gets very cold in there in the winter and warm in the summer.. |
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 15, 2008 10:45:34 GMT 1
But it's only just growing leaves now that the flower has finished....
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 15, 2008 10:51:22 GMT 1
Erm...oh.......mine have put up a couple of leaves and now the flower stems are growing, then all the rest of the leaves start properly. It stays like that all summer presumably so the bulb can replenish itself. They fade naturally in the Autumn. Is your bulb new this year?
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 15, 2008 11:34:13 GMT 1
It was a recent present to the old girl....
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Post by Sweetleaf on Apr 15, 2008 15:16:38 GMT 1
All mine have done is put out leaves |
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Post by madonplants on Apr 15, 2008 15:58:48 GMT 1
All mine have done is put out leaves They like to be potbound SL, what's yours like? Mine has just leaves now, after the three flower stalks, so I am feeding it now. |
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Post by Sweetleaf on Apr 15, 2008 16:06:34 GMT 1
All mine have done is put out leaves They like to be potbound SL, what's yours like? Mine has just leaves now, after the three flower stalks, so I am feeding it now. They have been in the same pots now for coming up to three years Keith, as yet they have never flowered!  If they are a no-show this year, too, Im having the pots back! I bought them at GWL, from a reputable stall, and they have no excuse, as I got advice from Dee Ashton on the BBC, as to their care. I have fed cosseted and housed them in luxury for too long, with no payback. |
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 15, 2008 20:22:15 GMT 1
I can't understand that at all Sweetie - how very odd! Do you give them a cool spell over the winter? Maybe they need to be treated a bit meaner!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 15, 2008 21:06:39 GMT 1
It looks like mine are just going to produce leaves as well Sweetie...this is the first time I've grown them and I thing that the pots may be too big... do you think it would be OK to pot them DOWN? |
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Post by madonplants on Apr 15, 2008 22:57:53 GMT 1
It looks like mine are just going to produce leaves as well Sweetie...this is the first time I've grown them and I thing that the pots may be too big... do you think it would be OK to pot them DOWN? I would, but wait until the normal time. If the bulb can't grow any more roots, due to being potbound, it will then throw up a flower spike. In the mean time, treat it how you would normally, feed and then place outside for the summer. Bring in when it starts getting colder and keep it dry, until Novemberish time, then repot. They also like quite a bit of sunshine, mine was on a southfacing kitchen windowsill. Actually the flowers did get a little bit scorched around the edges, so maybe westfacing next time!  |
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Post by pinkie on Apr 20, 2008 23:52:30 GMT 1
Hubbies nan gave us an Amarylis for christmas. Ashamed to say he put it away and fogot about it. Discovered it on friday night and it had been growing in the box!!. Have now planted it and the flower is starting to come out already!!
naughty hubbie!
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Post by Sweetleaf on Apr 21, 2008 9:06:55 GMT 1
Hubbies nan gave us an Amarylis for christmas. Ashamed to say he put it away and fogot about it. Discovered it on friday night and it had been growing in the box!!. Have now planted it and the flower is starting to come out already!! naughty hubbie! Im going to abuse mine this year! Its obviously the only way to get results They were in the GH till it got Really cold then I brought them in and kept them dry and coolish till recently then began to water, they are spoilt rotten, but the bulbs were expensive, and I prolly overdid the care. : |
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If they are a no-show this year, too, Im having the pots back! I bought them at GWL, from a reputable stall, and they have no excuse, as I got advice from Dee Ashton on the BBC, as to their care.