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Eliza Waters 
I think that’s one of the prettiest amaryllis I’ve seen !
Thank you, Julie. It is one of the more delicate varieties, very pretty, I agree!
So elegant!
Thank you, Audrey! I like their more delicate blooms.
This is glorious, Eliza. 🌸
Thank you, Flavia. They are adding a bit of spring to my winter. 🙂
Very lovely markings and shape!
Thank you, Allison. I’m loving these smaller, more delicate blooms.
Hi Eliza. How lovely to see a flower! It’s that point in winter when I am beginning to feel a bit desperate for colour. We don’t get back to Le Shack until the end of the month but I keep picturing our spring bulbs all just beginning to poke their heads out of the ground and can’t wait to see them.
MJ
Thanks, MJ. Forcing bulbs is a great way to work a bit of spring into our winter. 🌷🪻Are you housesitting?
Hi Eliza. Yes we are house-sitting near Strasbourg .One dog and three cats. Keeping us busy!
MJ
Cleopatra indeed. Lovely kind lady 🤗❤️🙏
Thanks, Mark 🙂
Wow – what a beauty! 😍
Thank you, Anna! Lots of buds, too. 🙂
😍😊
Thanks, Rupali!
Aww what a beauty Eliza and she looks so happy! 🤍✨️ xxx
Thank you, Xenia, she is definitely sharing her happiness!
Very pretty indeed 🙂 🙂
Thank you, Anne!
Magnificent!!! So many flowers at once. You must be thrilled looking at that. Is this a new…1st time growing this one? The red edging on the petals is super pretty. My ‘Apple Blossom’ from last year has just started growing…maybe 1 1/2″
Thanks, Alice. Yes, new this year, ordered online with my fall bulbs. My regular HD ones, I put in the garden this summer and they did well. I potted them up a few weeks ago, hopefully they’ll bloom in 6-8 weeks.
She’s a beauty! 😁
Thank you, Cathy!
Love these plants. Don’t know why I don’t buy one for myself
Thanks, Dawn. They are so easy!
Absolutely beautiful. Do you keep your bulbs from year to year?
Thank you, Judy. I generally do, to mixed results. Last summer, I learned from a blogging buddy to put them in the garden to replenish. They grew fat and healthy. After a rest period, I just potted them up a few weeks ago, so we’ll see how they do. Fingers crossed!
So much lovely detail in the Amaryllis.
Thank you, Pepper!
That one has interesting coloring.
Thanks, I love the markings.
wow, I’ve never seen this color…beautiful!
Thank you, Sylvia. I’m intrigued with many of the new varieties that are smaller and thinner petaled. I’m pleased with this one!
It’s a beautiful flower. I smiled to see the snow outside the window in the first photo; that’s reason enough to grow such indoor gems!
Thanks, Linda. Glad you noticed! We received 5″ fresh, fluffy snow yesterday, providing a nice contrast to this tropical bloom.
Wow! What a gorgeous amaryllis!
Thank you, Barbara! I’m enjoying this new purchase I slipped into my fall bulb order. Might have to make that a regular thing. 😉 Did you notice the 5″ of new snow outside the window? 😀
I had not noticed the snow, I only had eyes for the stunning flower. That sure looks like a heavy, wet snow now that I’m looking.
Oh my! Those colors are stunning.
Thank you, Alys!
She’s looking great, Eliza! Mu Hippeastrum are in pots outside and, despite above average temperatures, they’re taking their time getting their bloom on.
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It took me a while to figure out that in the wild, Hippeastrum bloom in spring. Perpetuated as a Christmas sales plant from African imports, naturally they bloomed in their spring, our fall. But keeping them in the northern climes, they revert back to spring blooming. Now I treat my old stock as March/April bloomers!
Wow…what a spectacular Amaryllis!
Thank you, Monika, it’s a fun one. 🙂
Very pretty!
Thank you, Sandy!
A showstopper and glamorous beauty 🤩❤️💚🤍
Thank you, Susan!
After months of deep sleep the gift joy emerges to shine hope on us.
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Wonderful !!
Thank you!
She. Is. Stunning! I had a gorgeous red one many moons ago, but I haven’t tried growing one since. Who knows why? But they’re certainly a spirit-lifter during these cold, gray days.
Thank you, Debbie. I like to have boosters like this to brighten wintery days and as a reminder that spring is coming eventually. 🙂
Lovely to see when the garden is tucked in for the winter. A “queenly” plant!
Thank you, Belinda!
A beauty, and a delight to have indoors to accompany the white stuff outside.
Thanks, Tom. Yes, they really cheer us up!
I have an amaryllis that’s a day or two from opening (yay!).
👍🏼 🤩
I’m not sure about Amaryllis. I’ve seen people grow them in shade houses here in Hawaii, I’ve seen really successful growing of them in the high altitudes of northern New Mexico, indoors or in a shed for the winter. Our Puerto Rican neighbor from our last house here planted hers outdoors in the ground! They did OK, nothing fancy, all red. But beautiful just because she had them! But I never see varieties like what you’ve got here in HI, I did see some of those in New Mexico while we lived there.
They can’t take frost, so that makes outdoor growing here impossible. I envy those who can just put them in the ground and let them grow on their own.
When I first saw them at the neighbors, it was a bit surreal. I wondered- what are those flowers? When she told me, I was a little perplexed. I mean they grow fine here at high elevations apparently, there is a flower grower at the markets every week who occasionally has them. But we were at near sea level. Oh well, nature’s mysteries!
That’s the prettiest amaryllis I’ve ever seen. I wouldn’t mind having one of those!
Thank you, I love these smaller varieties, they have pizzazz!
Simply gorgeous, Eliza! I receive an amaryllis every year from a friend of mine and enjoy it so much. It’s just a basic red one, but it’s a beaut! 🙂
Thank you, Julie. Forced bulbs really help make the winter better. 🙂
Yes, they do! 🙂
She is gorgeous!! You really do have green thumbs.
Thank you, Maria. I can’t take much credit. Amaryllis bulbs are so easy, plant them and watch them grow!
You should take credit!
🙂
Love this one. Is it a Butterfly Amaryllis?
Thank you, Amy. Not sure the parentage of this hybrid, but there has been a lot of new forms available in recent years. Holland breeders have been busy!
There is a passalong Amaryllis here that is Coral with similar markings. They call it a Butterfly?
I’ve heard of them. IT says “Hippeastrum papilio, commonly known as the butterfly amaryllis, is a rare and exotic flowering bulb native to the Atlantic rainforests of southern Brazil.” The ones we see for sale in stores and catalogs are mostly from S. Africa originally. I expect breeders are crossing them to get variations.
How pretty!! I love the markings. ♥
Thank you, Robin!
Quite a beauty! 🙂
Thank you, Rebecca. I’m really enjoying her presence. 🙂
Such a beauty! Waiting for my Amaryllis to flower, very proud as it’s the first time I get them to flower a second time 😀
Thank you, Annette. They are big feeders, so summer growth time makes all the difference. Bet yours will be lovely!
Stunning
Thank you, Karina!
She lives up to her name’s reputation and is quite a beauty.
Thank you! It’s already past bloom, but lovely while it lasted
WOW … that is the most beautiful amaryllis I have ever seen!
Thank you, Denise! 🙂