Thread:Cpl.Ferro/@comment-35594152-20181022001931/@comment-36014035-20181027133931

Hi Sue! Thanks a bunch for the brooches!! =)

Yes - that’s a good thing and a sign of a healthy bulb. It should start sending up one or more flower stalks immediately after you plant it. That’s because it’s been dormant, and you just “woke” it up. ;) Usually when you first buy and plant them, the flower stalk or stalks will come up first, and then the foliage will come up after that. It’s very important to NOT cut back the foliage while it is green but you can get rid of the flower stalk shortly after the bloom is done. Usually, I wait to cut back the flower stalk until it starts turning yellow. Each year, it will send up entirely new flower stalks. Some types of amaryllis are different and will send up foliage before the flower stalk, but usually the flower stalk comes up first.

I have had one amaryllis for over a decade now - it’s been all over the country with me lol. I think the original bulb has died, but it multiplied in the pot, so it is still a full size plant. I have four others that aren’t quite as old...and I’ve been a bad mother to them. I really need to replant all of them and given them some fertilizer.

This is the amaryllis I’ve had for a long time (i didn’t buy it from amazon, but actually I think I did buy it from this seller directly from their website):

https://www.amazon.com/Amaryllis-Papilio-Butterfly-Hippeastrum-Bulb/dp/B000C2W5C2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8