My Amaryllis Inventory

[Ann B.]

Some of these have multiplied. Some have gotten huge and not yet multiplied. Some have multiplied and the pots are not round anymore because of crowding.

There are about a dozen pots of various sized bulbs without labels. None of my babies seem to have labels anymore. Oh, well. Some are cuttings and some are seedlings. There are too many of those to count.

Here is a list of my collection:

Minerva
Aphrodite
Apple Blossom
Double Record
Red Peacock
Blossom Peacock
Flower Record (? that's what the label says)
Elvas
Promise
Nymph
Lady Jane
Philadelphia
Dazzler (just says dazzler)
Red Lion
Picotee
(Double) Pasadena
White Christmas
Piquante
Johnsonii

Also:

Red Garden Amaryllis
Pink Garden Amaryllis
Red/White Garden Amaryllis
Orange Amaryllis

Of course, I have lots and lots of babies. Some are seedlings and some are cuttings.

What's missing? What's in those unlabeled pots? I dunno, but I know that I used to have CLOWN, and I don't see that one.

I can't think of anything else that I am missing...

[Ann B.]

One of my Lady Jane's has a bloom starting to emerge. I love to see blooms while the foliage is still nice and pretty. It's extra nice to see one start to bloom during the winter months without being forced.

Most are still outside. A few leaves were bitten by frost, but most of them look like they are truly enjoying the cool weather.

[Dazed_Lily]

Nice holiday season gift !...I recall you saying once that LJ is one of your favorites..:cool:

[Ann B.]

And that made it an extra special surprise this afternoon. I was all SMILES when I spotted the bloom coming up. School let out one hour early for Thanksgiving, and it was a good day. This just made it even better.

I had covered them last night because we had frost this morning. Go figure.... 35 degreees and a heavy frost on the windshield of the car and here and there in the garden. When it was 31 last week, there was no frost on the windshield.

Also, I didn't get home until after 6:30 last night because of a meeting. It was dark, so I just grabbed a couple of the old comforters and protected the very tender, including some of my amaryllis.

I am tickled, and very GLAD that I covered that one! She's huge, along with 4 or 5 others just like her. I will continue to cover them and if I spot anymore that look ready to bloom, I want them in the patio.

I truly do enjoy my winter blooms. That's the down side of planting them in the ground.

Gee, I know I have more than one, but it's such a treat to come home, go out on the patio and see such beauties when everything else is looking dull (except my camellias).

Fun, huh?

[Ann B.]

This is one of the generic named ones from Home Depot. The label simply stated Dark Pink. It took a few tries with the camera because it is getting dark, but this is pretty much the true thing.

[Rebecca]

Ann,

That is a beautiful pink! I'm glad you worked with the camera to get that shot! Makes me wish mine were trying to bloom now, but they are all resting now, some still with a few leaves, but still in resting mode. January may bring some buds, but I doubt I will see bloom before February.

I had a pink at one time, but not at all like this one of yours.

Rebecca

[ctnghrsldy]

Just bought some generic bulbs at Wal-Mart around Halloween... potted them up and set in a south window where they grew like weeds. Three bulbs, 5 flower stems. One solid red, one mostly white with red centers to the petals and some lighter red edging on petals, one with much less white but same general pattern of colors...lighter red tones. Decided to pollinate for the fun of it and did a mix of pollen to stamens....red to red/white, red to paler red/white, the two red/whites to each other. Now have large seed pods growing (one split open yesterday....collected about 75 thin almost black seeds) and was looking for info on germination etc. Glad I found this. Will be fun to follow up with them and see what happens.

[Ann B.]

I'm so glad you found us!

There are many methods for growing your seeds. For the most part, they are really, really easy. I suggest letting them air dry a few days first. I don't know why, but that seems to help.

The other thing to remember is that they do not stay viable for very long. I hope to run some trials this year to determine how long, but right now, I know it is a short time. Perhaps a month or a little more, and this can be prolonged in the frig, but only for a matter of months. I have had seeds sprout in the frig and that amazed me. Seems to say that the seeds do not necessarily need warmth or light to sprout, but they do need a little moisture.

I think the key is to not let them dry out for too long. You can sprout them in soiless mix, kept moist, in paper towels in a ziploc, and like I said, they sprout in moist mix in the frig.

I am so excited that you found us and welcome you to our world of learning! There was very little information available about the amaryllis when I first created Landspro.

I am teaching now in public schools. Math, of all things! I have had to jump through numerous hurdles to do that, but life is settling down despite hurricanes and other things.

For some reason, there were very few bulbs available in our stores this year, but I have a wonderful friend who brought some to me. And I have bought a few no-names or generic named ones. Still only one has bloomed and self pollinating it was not successful.

Welcome aboard! As you can see, we are excited that you found us.

[Rebecca]

Revisiting this thread got me to thinking about my Amaryllis; how many I have and how few I still know who is who! I know I have:

ELVAS
PROMISE
APHRODITE
PHILAEDELPHIA
APPLEBLOSSOM
DAZZLER
WHITE CHRISTMAS
RED LION
MINERVIA
PAPILON

I have had, at one time or another, and may still have:

NYMPH
RILONA
LADY JANE
PICOTEE
GREEN GODDESS

I have so many, still, that haven't bloomed in quite awhile or have bloomed, got moved from where they were growing and didn't get them re-tagged! Still have a few that are just too small to bloom because they are either "pups" or bulbs that have shrunk for one reason or another.

Then there's the seedlings; 30 of them, from a cross between Minervia and White Christmas. They've got four leaves up now and quite a few are getting to be good sized. And I still have seeds in the fridge from last winter that I still haven't gotten planted. Some are seeds from the previously mentioned cross, another baggie has a different cross in it, but for the life of me I can not remember who the parents are.

When they get around to blooming this winter I think I will try to make crosses using the pollen from the doubles onto what ever singles are in bloom at the same time. The doubles don't seem to be pod fertile, that's if you can even find a pistil!, so crossing them onto single might be the answer to getting seeds from them. What % of the offspring would be double is anyones guess, perhaps 25% using straight Mendelen theory. Crossing the offspring with each other should, theoretically give 50% doubles. The only problem with trying to raise Amaryllis from seed here in the North is that it takes years for them to bloom for the first time.

It sure is fun trying though!


Rebecca