"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 14/2/05 11:03, in article , "Ellen
Connell"
] wrote:

I have a four year old amaryllis bulb which has never flowered, every
year it gives me an abundance of leaves. I have re-potted but it makes
no difference. Help.

I don't know much about these but I think the re-potting could be the
problem. They seem to do best when their roots are restricted. We have
one
here that was a present about 4 or 5 years ago and it has never been
re-potted and is practically bursting the pot it's in. It flowers
extravagantly once a year and slightly less so a second time. Certainly,
I've always been told that they like to be 'cosy' in their pots!
--
Sacha

Bizarre thing - I bought two of those 'amaryllis + pretty pot + soil' setups
for someone the xmas before last. I immediately gift wrapped them, but
unfortunately didn't get round to giving them and they just sat in a corner.
A few weeks ago I found and unwrapped them to find that, despite not having
been watered or given any light, both of them had a fair amount of crispy
foliage and one even had what was clearly a large, crispy, white flower.
They were also apparently still following the seasons as they both had just
started growing some new non-crispy (but yellow) leaves - I've got them on
the windowsill now and they're green and healthy.