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Amaryllis... bulblets?

8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago

I have a rather small amaryllis bulb that looked rather sickly when I first got it (didn't take to being removed from the mother bulb at first) but as far as I can tell it seems to have recovered and is happily growing leaves. However, I'm puzzled...

I haven't read anything on this.. but it seems to produce a lot of... offsets? From the bottom of the bulb, which elongate and curl up and eventually break the surface of the soil and grow leaves. Most of the information I've read suggests roughly, more or less, 1/3rd of the bulb to be in the soil, but with this small plant it seems the offshoots find themselves buried deeper than expected (turning green when still under the soil, weak, elongated leaves reaching for light) and I've found myself steadily removing more and more soil from around the bulb in an attempt to correct this.

I guess I'm just... curious as to why such a young plant would be doing this? I unpotted it today for unrelated reasons (noticed the bottom-most soil remained moist suspiciously long.. had to correct that and make sure no rot on the end of the roots had set in) and took the opportunity to take lots of pictures of my amaryllis, which I think shows off well how small it is! I admit I'm a little worried that the plant isn't, well, focusing on growing a larger main bulb rather than making more. I'm not opposed to the idea, but as it is now my plant still feels so tiny and fragile!

This is my first and only amaryllis, too, which I'm sure is making everything worse haha. But I've done research and tried to follow the advice as best as I can.

Here's an imgur album of pictures. (I'll also attach a couple that really showcase what I'm wondering about) The plant initially had 1 dry loosely attached brown layer on the bulb, but it flaked off while repotting, which uncovered even MORE offsets??

https://imgur.com/a/K1SlQ

Also, I don't know what species or hybrid or cultivar this is, but from what I hear the mother plant lives as a houseplant and doesn't go dormant, and has what are described as peachy-colored blooms. I suspect my only hope at identification is if I can keep it alive long enough to see the flowers first hand- I'm not too worried about knowing what it is, except that I could know if it has any more specific or different requirements from the average amaryllis.

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