Amaryllis Bulb Growing – status update
Happy New Year 2010! I hope you had a most enjoyable Christmas season with family and friends. I had an opportunity to spend quality time with my kids, visited my mom and helped her with some things she needed help with, then caught up with some long lost friends from high school that I haven’t seen in close to 30 years. It was a great trip and I’m glad to be back home here where I can focus on helping all of you to develop your florist skills further in 2010!
To get the year started – take a look at the pictures below that provide you with an update on the status of how well my amaryllis bulbs have done this year. I hope yours grew just as well. When I arrived back from my holiday travels, I walked into my house full of some gorgeous blooming amaryllis bulbs. These flowers are so beautiful and are the perfect plant to grow during the shorter days of winter to bring some happiness and color into your home. Before you know it, spring will be arriving and in the meantime you get to enjoy the colorful blossoms of the amaryllis bulb. Click the "continue reading" link to see some amazing pictures of my bright red amaryllis blossoms.
Just 7 weeks ago I shared with you instructions on how to plant and nurture the amaryllis bulb for perfect blossoming during the holidays and into January. When planted correctly they grow very quickly and are fun to watch the blossom stalks to appear and grow tall with the bud on the tip of the stalk. Some days it seems like they grow 2-3".
So, I thought I would provide an update for you on how my amaryllis bulbs have turned out. Enjoy the pictures below. In the next phase of these amazing bulb flowers, I will record a training video on how to pollenate the blossoms in order to get seeds for future bulbs. Did you know it takes 4 to 5 years to grow an amaryllis bulb from seed before it will begin to bloom? Growing amaryllis bulbs is so much fun! Watch for the amaryllis pollenation video coming soon.
The first bulb to bloom was a pink one and it has two blossoms. It opened during the 6th week of growing. Then, the second bulb began to blossom with the brightest red flowers – just gorgeous. Check out the pictures below:
May 6th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Beautiful growth. It looks like the Red Lion amaryllis.
I enjoy my amaryllis too.