{"id":1426,"date":"2009-02-15T20:45:18","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T01:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2010-10-30T20:40:04","modified_gmt":"2010-10-31T00:40:04","slug":"amaryllis-from-bud-to-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2009\/02\/15\/amaryllis-from-bud-to-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Amaryllis from bud to bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/104\/306398715_49775ad925_o.gif\" alt=\"Join Green Thumb Sunday\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Join<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of January we brought our three Amaryllis plants up from the basement where they&#8217;d had a two and a half month dormant period.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Other than the few pale leaves that they had growing at the time I didn&#8217;t expect more than leaf growth until the end of February or the beginning of March.  After that I expected March blooms.<\/p>\n<p>Two plants seem to be sticking to the plan, but one decided to send up a flower shoot only a week after I&#8217;d brought it upstairs into my sunny kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>By January 23rd their was a flower bud on the Amaryllis&#8217; stock and it was just beginning to open:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"opening amaryllis bud   by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/3282249709\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3213\/3282249709_ecd040c7a2.jpg\" alt=\"opening amaryllis bud  \" width=\"451\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next day the flower bud split in two and looked like a lobster claw for a few hours.  Unfortunately I didn&#8217;t take a picture of it when it was like that.  I was instead surprised to see how fast it went from partially open bud to this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"amaryllis buds opening  3 by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/3283075444\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3326\/3283075444_9cd802c4b9.jpg\" alt=\"amaryllis buds opening  3\" width=\"451\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three days after the bud had first started to open I discovered that the first flower was beginning to bloom (Jan. 26th):<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"amaryllis flower half bloom 2 by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/3282266585\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3221\/3282266585_81a2726a10.jpg\" alt=\"amaryllis flower half bloom 2\" width=\"451\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only hours after the first flower started to open the second one opened as well:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"amaryllis about to bloom 2 by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/3283089246\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3409\/3283089246_9cd206f323.jpg\" alt=\"amaryllis about to bloom 2\" width=\"450\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By January 27th, only four days after the bud began to open, all four flowers were  fully open and HUGE!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"amaryllis bloom 6 by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/3283093186\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3293\/3283093186_1cd613314e.jpg\" alt=\"amaryllis bloom 6\" width=\"450\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each flower was probably almost the size of a small bread plate!  I didn&#8217;t get a photo of all four flowers in bloom this year though &#8230; Chris ended up being admitted to the hospital on the 31st and all photo taking stopped for a while.  By the time things were ok health wise the flowers were pretty much done blooming.   Oh well.<\/p>\n<p>By the way this Amaryllis is the one I inherited from my parents. It&#8217;s a vibrant red\/orange.  My other two have white petals tinged with coral, peach and pink &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2009\/01\/04\/some-shots-of-my-amaryllis-in-bloom\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">like this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>Do you have any flowers blooming in your home right now?  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