Oh, and see where I circled — looks to be a new shoot coming up:

I don’t know what it’s going to do.

I had one that rebloomed and one that never did. I kept the non-blooming one over a year because it had a green shoot, but it never developed past that point. I didn’t fertilize it or anything. I probably should have, but, you know, other priorities kept getting in the way.

Thanks, Fun. I’m thinking of keeping it potted for a while, then planting it in an outside bed.

It’s so pretty … DH and I are both enjoying watching what it does.

I’m not very experienced with blooming houseplants.

Good job! I forgot to buy some last year. How much sun does that window get? Morning or afternoon? I'm tired of moving plants to different windows each season.

Love those. I recd one as a gift (red! - someone I don't know well) and I loved it. I still have it because I like the green shoots. DH thinks it is cruel and wants to rescue it in the worst way.

Oak, the first window I showed gets afternoon sun, and the bigger window where the pot is now gets morning sun. Both are in my bedroom.

It seems very happy with both spots!

Mtn, lol!

I’m going to tell my friend I’d like one every year from now on for Christmas. :D

oh, Jilly! I so envy you being able to plant amaryllis out in the garden. Here in Massachusetts, they are strictly houseplants that enjoy a summer vacation on the deck before coming inside for the cold months.

I have a collection of about eight pots with either one amaryllis bulb or several -- my oldest group of four bulbs is about 12 years old. Many have made babies over the years. Soft rosy-red (not bright like yours), a red&white striped one and a couple of pink/white (I think they are 'Appleblossom'). Mine bloom whenever they choose to -- some only once a year, but others more than once. I have them from November - February, and sometimes in the summer as well.

I do not fuss with them at all -- am sometimes even forgetful to water them, but they have been very forgiving and I haven't lost one yet! I give a very dilute drink of RapidGro now and then when it occurs to me.

They do like to be crowded in their pots, I am told, and mine certainly are. I think I shall have to move some into slightly larger pots this summer, but if I don't get to do that, they likely won't mind too much.

I adore the very sculptural form of the blooms. Would love to have them all planted over my grave when the time comes, but not in this climate zone... Hmmm, younger son has a condo in Myrtle Beach -- maybe I'll buy a plot down there, LOL! He won't even have to tend the bulbs, except for removing the dead foliage... Must mention the possibility to him. HAH. =)

PS -- my sister had "made" the wax covered bulbs as an experiment, which turned out well for her, and has potted them up after they bloomed, as you have done. It works well, she says.

Roxanna, great info, thank you!

Do you think I should just leave mine potted?

Can you explain further about making babies? Is that what I’m seeing in my circled pic? If so, can I just leave it in the pot, too?

I've never had one that had a second set of flowers…how lucky you are. I live in the northeast, so after they bloom i keep them indoors until May and let them enjoy the outdoors in a pot until it starts to get cold. I remove them from the pots and let them dry out for a couple of days, then cut the roots and leaves short, wrap them in newspaper and keep in my basement until February. Then I report them and the bloom cycle starts over again.

I've also gotten new bulblets, but I also was able to harvest seeds from allowing the flowers to go to seed. I kept those plants grown from seeds indoors until they produced bulbs, then I treated them the same as adult bulbs. I've had those little plants for about 5 years and I read that they wont produce flowers until theyre 5 or so….so maybe for next year's cycle.

Blubird, thank you! Great info!

How do you harvest seeds?

Jilly, I just leave all mine potted without going to all the trouble that Blubird does! I am a very lazy gardener, inside and out. You could do what she does, as it is certainly a method, tho I will never bother, personally!

It's now time for the birds&bees talk, is it? LOL. Yes, that shoot in your ohoto is an incipient bulblet, and I get them also -- I just leave them attached, altho I shall have to separate a couple of mine that have done that and are now too crowded in their pot. (My oldest mother bulbs are the size of a very large grapefruit, headed towards a cantaloupe, and deforming the plastic pot sides!) I haven't separated them as I am a coward, tho I have been meaning to do it for a couple of years... It won't hurt to leave your bulblet attached with its mamma for a couple of years, at least.

To get seeds, you need to neglect the spent flower bloom (usually, to keep the mother bulb vigorous, you would cut off the top portion that forms the seed pods). Look up online what the pods look like. Let them turn very dry, and beginning to split open. There will be hundreds of seed in a pod's three sections. I have never done this before now, but this year a bunch of pods decided to make themselves prominent, and I just gathered them after they were dry. I have a LOT!! The problem for me is that I have a terribly black thumb when it comes to growing from seed, of anything. I even sprang for the whole set-up -- lights, a dedicated heavy-duty shelf (6-ft tall and 4 ft wide) and myriad seeds of all kinds, with high hopes. It was a miserable failure. le sigh.

But I am planning to plant some of these amaryllis seeds, just to see if I can succeed in some way. And Blubird is correct, it will take a few years to get to blooming size.

Now, if I could only grow alstroemeria outside in my zone 6-ish New England garden, I would be sooooo happy! I think I have found a source for them that are supposed to be cold hardy here. Gonna try it!!! Wish me luck.

Roxanna, love your post. :D

Can you move closer to me and help me become an Amaryllis expert??

Ah, Jilly, based on all your past posts over the years, I would love to have you as my neighbor!!! What fun for me! But -- true confession here -- I lived in San Antonio for nearly four years as a newly-wed Air Force wife 56 years ago, and thought I would never get out of there. Too hot for this New England gal, the culture was so different (tho I loved the Starving Artists Show along the RiverWalk) and it was all too much. Texas will have to get by without me, lol.

On the other hand, you might think of moving up here towards my location... Four seasons, mountains and ocean not far away, fairly temperate climate (sort of, these days,) museums, art, music. And ME!! give it some thought... =)

Roxanna! ❤️

I absolutely understand how you feel! I’ve visited New England many times, for long periods, and loved it there.

I’d love to be your neighbor!

DH is from Long Island … can you talk to him and convince him we should move back north? He’s loving Texas (he hates cold weather). 😁

Jilly -- perhaps your DH would be interested in moving up near me if he could also become a snowbird and rent my son's Myrtle Beach condo for the winters. Son does this with one of his condos there -- he also loathes cold weather (the other one is for him and his family all year anytime), and has had single renters for the whole winter or any portion thereof. Great amenities and lots to do locally.

Should I start looking for suitable houses for you to consider up here? I'm just a few miles west of Worcester, but anywhere in the state would make for excellent neighboring, as long as you can drive (I do not and never have -- a story for another time, perhaps).

I would "heart emoji" back at you, but don't have the capability, lol. Just consider it done! xoxox

That sounds perfect! :)

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This was clearly the year of the amaryllis. My sister bought the wax-coated ones for my mother, some of her friends, and herself, then she told me to be sure to save and replant my mother's bulb. Mom's bloomed three times41! the wax was collapsing, but it was pushing out new growth again, so I decided to cut it open and I was shocked to find a perfectly healthy bulb with two tiny roots on it. I potted it up and it looks great. My sister, OTOH, said hers was something of a dud... the flowers were small and dull. She eventually cut the wax and repotted her bulb with its few small leaves, and she just sent me the photo until she 410744555555555 55ll78888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888

Party 😄

It’s helpful to be made aware I mght not always get a good bulb!

You are very lucky to get double blooms and so close together!

Kitschykitch, I’m hoping for another round. 😁

I've had a few amaryllis, but never had double blooms. I have a friend I met through butterfly gardening who is so fond of amaryllis that a variation of the name is on her car's license plate. We've never really talked about them in any depth because I am a get a bulb before the holidays, enjoy it, then either stick it in the ground and maybe see it later or not kind of person. I have had some come back and bloom, but not that often. I think my friend keeps hers in a greenhouse or ondoors through the winters, so I'd be inclined to keep that special one in a pot.

I have nothing to contribute to the conversation, however, I recently saw this video and thought it would be a good way to upgrade a basic amaryllis next year for gift giving: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4a1xNpu0Vg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 

Thanks, all!

Lascatx, I think I will keep this one potted. It brightens up the room. :)

Bluebell, for some reason your IG link just takes me to my home feed. It’s probably a glitch on my end; I’ll keep trying, Thank you for sharing it!

Jilly, look for thegiftedshop on Instagram. The post I wanted you to see is currently the first one on the page - it's a video of various amaryllis bulbs that have been decoupaged. Sorry the link isn't working! I tried to provide a different one and that won't even post. I think it's Houzz that's glitchy, not you!

Found it! Thank you so much for sharing, love that idea! 😍

Took some screenshots: