Bea, yes, but nobody answered it.

First, most hippis, amaryllis bloom in the spring, although some of my larger clumps bloom sporadically all year, so you might have to wait until next spring for a bloom. Secondly, with alll this rain a lot of my potted plants suffered some rot, so you might want to take this one out of the pot to look at it. If it looks like there might be some rot, just wash it off with a hose on high and then let it dry out before replanting. Hope this helps.

jstropic, the mother plant had bloomed many times for over 10 years. It just bloomed later than the rest of my amaryllis. The baby is at least 6 years old, and should be blooming by now. The mother plant hasn't put out any more babies in over 6 years now.

the mother bulb might be too old to bloom.

my Minervas bloomed ev year for 8 years or so and then stopped. i cut the base plate to rejuve them in hopes of getting some more blooms.. they rooted ok and leafed out, but no blooms for 2 or 3 years and bulbs got almost as small as baby bulbs . which i also have been growing for sev years. they are late to bloom too.

i am waiting for 1 more year and then chuckng the old bulbs

Long time ago i read here about a trick for ever growing bulbs: knock the root ball out of the pot, leave them to dry for 1 week and then pot up again. without cutting off the leaves. that somehow triggered the blooms.

may be somebody here can confirm this?

Could be that the basal plate is too thick, which happens after many seasons. Like petrushka mentioned, some have had success cutting the basal plate to renew the bulb. See:

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6040635/effect-of-thick-basal-plates-and-what-to-do

Petrushka and Brian, the link is not good, because it references another link, which no longer exists. I'll do some research, but in the meantime, do you know if you just shave off the bottom of the plate, or how it's done? ETA: Never mind. Found this with pictures

https://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1347636/#b

I checked out your link: it is sort of lengthy description of a very simple thing. i just cut the plate to about 3/8 ”. my basal plates were about 1”.

am not sure what those ridges and pie pieces of the plate in procedure and why it’s necessary to dig them out piece by piece? …unless it’s the sides of basal plate that are wavy a bit.

i just made a flat cut across, put the bulb on the side to dry for several days and then planted. i always put a wad of coco matting under the basal plate to prevent contact with mix. a very small flat piece.

when i lift the bulbs for storage i do clean the basal plate with brush and a little tooth pick where there are dips and near the roots, but without scratching deep, just the old soft dark decayed parts. so yours in pots are also ever growing ? no rest period ? and others in ground and in pots still bloom?

do they have dry period when you do not water?

do you take them indoors for winter?

Petrushka, that makes sense about how to cut it. I only have two single bulbs in pots, and neither one of them has bloomed for awhile now. I think they are both the Green Goddess, but not sure, since they haven't bloomed. I have some red/white heirlooms growing in a big pot, and they bloom well every year. The ones in the ground are doing well, except for the orange ones, which should be blooming by now, but aren't. I grew them from seed six years ago. One bloomed a sort of distorted bloom a year ago, but then that bulb died and didn't come back. I put the rest into the ground, and they're growing well, but not blooming yet.

Where I live in FL, they stay outside all year long. Some die completely back, some don't. If they don't, I usually cut them back when the leaves start to look scraggly, but not until I know they aren't going to live much longer. I know the bulbs feed on those leaves, so I only cut them when it looks like they have nothing left to give to the bulb. Then they start to put out new growth, and I fertilize them one last time. The ones in the ground only get fertilizer, usually 10-10-10, once a year, but they grow in very fertile soil with lots of earthworms that do most of the fertilizing.

I would think you need to fertilize more then that. FL rain season washes out most fertilisers fast, so they recommend applying slow-release.

perhaps other FL growers will respond here to share their practices.

Petrushka, the ones planted in the ground don't need fertilizer. They are planted in a bed of worms. The ones in pots, I admit, get somewhat neglected. I need to take better care of them.