Since I was telling you how I rescued my three Amaryllis from the basement in my last post I figured that it might be worthwhile posting some photos of the Amaryllis that I grow. I have no idea what kind I have, all I know is that I have two types. Two that I purchased as bulbs and grew on my own and one that I inherited from my parents. Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of my parents Amaryllis in bloom. If it blooms this year I must take a photo of it.
Here’s a close up of one of my Amaryllis blooms:
And for those that don’t grow Amaryllis, here’s a shot taken from a distance, just to show you how large the blooms are!
You can see one of my orchids blooming behind the Amaryllis just to the right. Orchid blooms are about two inches in diameter or perhaps a little smaller … so you can imagine just how big those Amaryllis blooms are!
Excuse the tacky curtains in the background! These pictures were taken in 2004 and those were the kitchen curtains that came with the house. They’ve since been replaced with cream white curtains.
The Amaryllis plants are starting to green up. You might remember that I said in my last post that when we brought them up from the basement they had new leaves on them, but that they were a pale green. Now that they’ve had a couple days of sunlight they are becoming greener. In a week or so I’ll start giving them a very weak dose of fertilizer and hope for blooms in two or three months.
There’s really only two words to describe that flower, absolutely beautiful!
What a beautiful amaryllis! My Appleblossom has similar coloring, but yours is much frillier (very pretty!!) 😉
Simply amazing. How long have you been growing it?
Beautiful pics! I wish I had more of a green thumb 🙂
Nice amaryllis one tip Once the amaryllis has stopped flowering, it can be made to flower again all you need to do is to cut the old flowers from the stem after flowering, and when the stem starts to sag, cut it back to the top of the bulb.
The first picture is really stunning. My mom is pretty big into flowers so I’ll let her know about this.
AMAZING: so delicate and exotic!
Very inspiring. This blog is full of life.
I love amaryllis bulbs and flowers. I have been growing them since I was a child, over 30 years now. Thanks for taking the time to share your pictures.
TomG.
nice shot and beautiful amaryllis 🙂
is that indoor planted?
What a beautiful flower you have there! Be sure to water it properly to keep it looking so healthy.
I have several of the same Amaryllis that was given to me, I also do not know the name of it. I am going to mail a photo to University of Florida Horticulture department and ask them to identify it.
I found the name of your Amaryllis thru (woodenshoebulbfarm.com/Dutch+Amaryllis+Aphrodite-.a10.htm). The name is Dutch Amaryllis Aphrodite. Go to the web I gave order their catalogs plus they have photos of every Dutch flower you can think of.