Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Will my amaryllis bulblet bloom this year?

I received an amaryllis picotee last year for chrismas and planted it and after it had flowers i cut them off and then it started leafs and then it had a tiny amaryllis bulblet attached to it then i waited two months for the tiny bulblet to feed on the mother plant then i carefully seperated it and put it in a glass of water and rooted it then i planted it, and now it's been almost a year since the mother gave berth to the little bulblet, when is the little bulblet going to flower? Could you please tell me in approxamatly how many years?

Will my amaryllis bulblet bloom this year?
You should be able to get it to flower in about 3 years. You really need to increase it's size as much as possible during the growing seasons by feeding and watering, when it's about 3" across you have a chance of it flowering. Sadly, removing it when you did might have slowed down the process, I've had them flower intheir 3rd year by leaving them attached to the parent plant for their first 18months.
Reply:Wild guess of 2-3 more years. This is dependent on how much photosynthate the plant has been able to store over the growing seasons. Poor light or poor watering or infertile growing media = longer time to flower.


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