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Bonnie Punch wrote:

Amaryllis bulbs really should spend the summers outdoors. There are
several factors in getting it to bloom successfuly year after year. It
should be in a pot that is only two inches bigger than the diameter of
the bulb. It needs to be put outside when there is no more risk of
frost, and left outside either until there is a risk of frost in the
fall, or the foliage had died back naturally. It should be given a weak
(1/4 strength) fertilizer every watering, or every other watering. It
does not need a cold period, but should rest for three months of so in
a dark cool place. After this period, you can bring it back into the
light, and water it sparingly. In about six weeks a flower stalk should
emerge. Once it has started to emerge you can start regular watering
and light fertilizing.


I got some butterfly amaryllis bulbs/plants very recently from a friend
of mine that she had growing in the ground in her yard. They had
multiplied to the point that she had to thin them out. I had forgotten
that I had given her a bulb or two 6 or 8 years ago. Since then, I had
lost mine that were in pots.

Tom Miller, Clearwater, FL
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