bsewnsew
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:44 am Post subject: My christmas Amaryllis is starting to bloom....... |
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This amaryllis is a gift to me, for christmas.
Oh is is gorgous.. Just opening now.
Enjoy........I thanked the friend you can see.
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zuzu's petals
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:32 am Post subject: |
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 What a gorgeous, deep, rich color!!
That's my favorite kind of holiday gift, 
something that you can have and enjoy for many years to come,
the bulb will just get larger and larger,
and eventually, it will produce pups.
I have some Amaryllis that I got about 15 years ago,
I grow them outside,
they bloom in the springtime.
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It's a striking amaryllis, so dark with the white dots. Lovely!
I have only managed to bring an amaryllis back to life once, and now I tend to stay away from them.
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eileen
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:11 am Post subject: |
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Oh I want to reach out and touch it as it looks like rich, red velvet!!!! What a real beauty Barb. 
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Netty
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That is a beautiful Amaryllis Barb. I've never had luck getting them to bloom a second time. I must be doing something wrong!
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bsewnsew
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject: amaryllis |
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Thanks ,Everyone,
It is supposed to be a new color red......
i thought also it looked like red.
Zuzu......Are they all hardy?? Maybe I better ask..
Thanks for the lovely christmas card.
I had an amar. years ago and it came back one time. The bulb is huge ......The lady said her's never come back????????
Thanks again.
Merry Christmas .all
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Sjoerd
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Hi B,
What a lovely amaryllis. You had better hold that one over. They aren't too difficult to do.
I had one that was pretty much that same colour last year...one type had short stems and the other had the "normal" long ones. The deep, rich red also almost seemed to have some blue or purple in it I imagined.
There is a place in Amsterdam, called "the Floating Flower Market" and you can find the most amazing sorts of cut flowers, inside and outside plants as well as an unbelievable selections of bulbs, etc. They are not all that expensive here so I don't always hold them, over. I held a couple over. I have them wrapped in newspaper now and will soon put them in a tad of coil ans water them and...just wait.
I really like that colour! I'm glad you posted this picture.
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glendann
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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I have them all over my yard and they come back each year .I do love the rich color of yours.
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zuzu's petals
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Barb,  they are hardy in the ground down here, in zone 8,
but I don't expect that they would be, much further north of here.
Springtime is their natural blooming season,
the holiday plants now available in stores,
have been conditioned by the growers to bloom "off-cycle".
I grow most of my Amaryllis in large-ish communal pots,
so that I can place them in our courtyard,
and around the entry steps for spring flowering. 
Just last weekend, I cut off all of the remaining foliage
and moved the pots into the basement stairwell
(which is covered by a roof, but otherwise exposed to our outdoor temperatures).
They will remain there, dormant until the weather warms enough to start them growing again.
When I see new growth, I'll bring them back up and begin to water and acclimate
them to more and more daylight gradually -
I have several varieties that bloom in succession,
so I usually have blooms from mid-march until sometime in May.
In colder climates, I think keeping them in a corner of the garage,
for winter dormancy would work, too.
. . . Now,  forcing them to bloom in fall and winter,
would add a good deal more work to the project,
and I'm just too darned lazy to bother  especially when
they are so readily available at this time of year,
and I can get new ones to add to my collection.
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bsewnsew
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject: Amay. |
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Thanks , Sjoerd, Glendann, zuzu, I was told it was a new color.......
It actually is called Red and had A B after that. So I am thinking Red Burgundy.....Oh how I love Burgundy in anything..........
Well mine is in bloom and my sister said hers started last week ......So they are blooming here in Pennsylvania , for christmas.. I see them in the store almost in bloom and they are still in their boxes......
Thanks again.....
Merry Christmas Every One..
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Wrennie
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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That is a gorgeous color. I read they're hardy in zone 8 or warmer zones. No outside growing for us up here.
Heres an informative how to site on amaryllis:
Amaryllis care
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bsewnsew
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:23 pm Post subject: Hi Wrennie |
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Thanks Wrennie,
I was under that impression , it was not hardy for us.. But I will enjoy it no matter how..
Thanks for the site..
Boy it is almost christmas and guess who isnt ready?
Didn't bake a thing..
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stratsmom
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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Glenda, didn't I send you some of my amaryllis or something??? My memory is failing me  Well, if I did I hope they come up as beautiful as this one!!!
Deanna
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