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Victoria Clare writes:
| I've just acquired one of these. It was a bare bulb when I got it a week or
| so ago, and is now sending up new leaves.
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| However, I vaguely recollect that the Amaryllis bulb I had as a child (that
| one had deep red flowers, I forget the variety) had quite strong thick
| green leaves.
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| I have this plant near a north-facing window (though not on the sill, as
| it's too narrow), and the new leaves are quite a pale green, with a slight
| reddish flush at the tips, and seem thinner than I remember.
|
| I'm a bit concerned by the pale leaves that it might not be getting enough
| light. Should I move it to a south-facing windowsill?

Almost certainly. The winter sun in the UK is so feeble that
even the most extreme "no direct sunlight" plants are likely to
be better off with a south-facing window. And amaryllis is not
one such, as far as I know.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.