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[Shawnie]

They are the most beautiful flower. I grew them for years in my home and in my office. Online you can find great instructions for propagating them. But one word of caution. They belong to the Lilly family and if eaten they are deadly to cats. So sadly I no longer keep them in my home. The risk is too great to my two little buddies.

[Say Nay]

Thanks for the info on what to do!

[BeckiWV]

They are beautiful any time. I had a boss once who would grow them at the office every Christmas season.

It was so fascinating to come in every day and see how much they would grow just overnight. Then the gorgeous blooms would appear. Lovely!

[lulu2]

An update on amaryllis(es?) progress:

When I purchased the bulbs, both were labeled red and white stripe.

Today is the anniversary of a terribly sad event for me. I am home alone and it was snowing and quite gloomy this AM when I went to a remembrance Mass. When I came home, I went into the sun room and lo and behold, there was a huge, beautiful, pure white bloom. I took it as a sign from above.

As for the other amaryllis, it is now a whole 3". St. Patrick's Day?

[MomOf4]

We received an Amaryllis plant for Christmas. There were 3 bulbs. In less than a month, 2 of them have grown to about 18". You can almost watch them grow. The 3rd one has only grown 3" but is at least growing.

I have a question. If they don't bloom until the end of the year, will they continue to grow at this rate? How tall will they get before blooming?

[RedTop]

MomOf4, Sometimes the amaryllis bulb just isn't mature enough to form a bud and bloom, but will have 2-3 shoots that grow as long as you will let them. When all I see is this type of growth, but no shoot with a bud, I trim the shoots back so that more growth goes into the bulb and not the green leaves. A bulb that is mature and ready to bloom, will usually show the formation of a bloom within at least 4 weeks of growing. Once these plants bloom, and the bloom dries up, you cut the green growth off and reduce watering, but still keep the bulb alive. After a usually resting period, the bulb will grow again, and hopefully bloom. I have 4 bulbs that have been blooming for me for at least 5 years; 2 red, one red and white, and one salmon color. My daughter is using one bulb in her classroom as a growing project for her special ed students.

[MomOf4]

On 1/26/2015 RedTop said: MomOf4, Sometimes the amaryllis bulb just isn't mature enough to form a bud and bloom, but will have 2-3 shoots that grow as long as you will let them. When all I see is this type of growth, but no shoot with a bud, I trim the shoots back so that more growth goes into the bulb and not the green leaves. A bulb that is mature and ready to bloom, will usually show the formation of a bloom within at least 4 weeks of growing. Once these plants bloom, and the bloom dries up, you cut the green growth off and reduce watering, but still keep the bulb alive. After a usually resting period, the bulb will grow again, and hopefully bloom. I have 4 bulbs that have been blooming for me for at least 5 years; 2 red, one red and white, and one salmon color. My daughter is using one bulb in her classroom as a growing project for her special ed students.

Thank you SO much Red Top. I really appreciate the information. I have copied your post and keep it for future (and current) reference.

[bells4me]

I've tried twice & got one bloom. It is just too cold in my area.

[muttmom]

I have an Amaryllis that has a decent size bud but it's still not too tall.

lulu2,

What a nice, comforting surprise.