Amerylis seed pods?

Hiyah Biita,

Well, you have read what Droopy does, and that it is successful. There's nothing I can add to that-- They say thet the shortest distance between two points, is a straight line. What she does is simple and uncomplicated and it gets results.

Now if my mate were sitting here at this moment, this is when she'd say, "yes, it works just fine, but you just have to do it defferent, don't you"...and I look up and gaze all innocently at invisible places on the ceiling.

--I lop off the stalk when the flowers have finished blooming in the winter. (I have never pollinated the flowers and saved the pods). I continue giving them some some water and occasionally some liquid plant food until I can safely plant them out in the garden in May.

--I dig a hole in the garden and fill it with a small amount of bone meal mixed with a good compost and place the bulb in it (no pot), leaving half the bulb sticking out of the soil. I water it a few times during the first 3 weeks in it´s new place, then only as necessary during `droughty` periods.

--As the first frosty night approaches (± October), I lift the bulb and clean the dirt off with my hands only. I never wash the dirt off with water, because fungal colonies can form when the skins get wet.

--I cut the foilage off about 1½ fingers above the crown of the bulb, then wrap the bulb in old newspaper´-- roots and all, and leave them stored in a cool and dark place until December or so.
I sometimes change the newspaper wrapping 3/4 times until it doesn´t get moist anymore from the bulb.
Some folks remove the `babies` at this time and wrap them separately, but I do it differently, as you shall see.

--When it is time to plant them in pots in order for them flower again, this is when I break-off the `babies` and put them singly in little pots filled with compost and seeding soil mixed.
I never give water from above because I have had probs with fungus forming on the dry skins of the bulbs at the soil line. Instead I set a saucer-like thing with highish edges under the pot and apply water from below.

The cycle is ´round. While Droopy´s method is quicker and just as effective without all the fuss, I just can´t help doing it this way. I just tell my partner that I feel that it´s `professional-like` to do it this way, which elicits boistrous gales of uncontrolled laughter... Neutral

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Okay here is the pics,,

I tried to take the pics from different angles so someone can tell me where will these seed pods be,, the babies, are these the pods or are they bulbs also that grow in the dirt next to the mother bulb. I told all of you i'm just as stupid as can be when it comes to bulbs. What do the seed pods do if they aren't the babies,,,

The info that both of you gave me is excellent, an i will follow that. But i think because it never gets above 18-20 deg C up here, i will have to keep it in the house,, what do you think? I mean we have the sun thing going but that don't mean its hot here all the time. so if i keep this in the house because of weather,, i can still follow the guide lines then. or does it change,,,

Geez i'm sorry but i honestly don't have a clue with all this,, I panicked when i got an orchid last yr, but did fine with it, so maybe i am panicking over nothing...lol. Thank you so much for helping,,

(now if you can just point to where those little pods will be an the babies,, i will be in a state of zen)

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