Hi Lourdes! I live in Hawaii and all our bulbs are grown outdoors. San Remo and Blossom Peacock are my best performers here. Both grow well with little care and bloom at least twice a year. If you haven't grown Blossom Peacock, you should give her a try. A nice double almost like a waterlily and has a nice fragrance too. I gave some bulbs to a co-worker for her 90+ year old mother and she tell me constantly how much they both love Blossom Peacock.

I also have Neon, Jade Serpent, Zombie, Lemon Sorbet and Johnsonii but these have only bloomed a few times over the last 10 years.

I went a little crazy last year and bought a bunch of new bulbs. So far, only Double Dream has rebloomed. Maybe you can tell me which bulbs you have had success with other than Picotee.

Nora

Hi.lourdes and Nora. ,am in zone 6,. I grown my bulbs in pot., and storage each winter.,.,., Noa you mention San Remo and Jade Serpent., am looking for some offset if you are interesting we can trade or you let me know if you have available tks.

Lovely!!!

Kept under 50% shade cloth in the summer, Elvas, Blossom Peacock bloom throughout the year. Exotic Star and Graffiti have an extended bloom period maybe six months. Neon blooms with most of the resti in the early spring but is spectacular when it fills it's pot. Last year one pot had 13 spikes! I love Jewel but have learned to keep her drier and with less sun. the sonatini do not like the heat and humidity here and I struggle with them.

Lourdes,

Where I am in Tampa it is cold and dry in the winter and the bulbs all bloom in spring. How dry is the dry season in Cuba? A few of our bulbs will bloom during the summer if it is dry for several weeks. I would not water the bulbs during the dry season unless they start to wilt. The stress from low water can force them into bloom.

You could also try forcing the non-blooming bulbs with cold. Dig up the bulb and keep it in a refrigerator for 8-10 weeks (my reference says 55F=13C, a refrig can be too cold). See if they bloom when they are replanted. Be sure the bulbs are well labeled so no one eats them, they are not good to eat. Bulbs from Holland are forced with cold. (Every year I say I will force some bulbs at Christmas, but I never do).

You could try potting up a few plants and then moving them indoors for 6-8 weeks with low water. See if that forces them when you start full watering again. That would be the reverse of what people in the North do.

I have heard that if you stress the bulb by digging it up, then leaving it in a shady area for a few days and then replanting that can force them to bloom, but it didn't work well for me.

I would try only a few bulbs at a time in case they do not like the forcing treatment. Be sure they are big enough to bloom.

The guy who runs the Amaryllis study group in Central Florida is good at forcing if you can reach him (google Amaryllis study group and you can find an email address).

Hawaiime, are you on the dry or wet side of Hawaii?

H. San Antonio Rose has done well for me near Houston.

I have sent the Amaryllis Stidy Group guy (Bill) several emails and have received no response. A Google search for upcoming events returned no results.