Anyone grow Amazon Lily?
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Comments (15)I watched a video on growing Cannas from seed. I live in Ont. ..so I waited until the pods turned brown..almost black... https://youtu.be/ocyDPVSAD3M I opened them and saved the seeds in a dry container. In March, I took sandpaper, and sanded each seed SLIGHTLY ...just until I just saw the white part inside. I then put them in a clear glass of water in a warm place until I could see a little white "bud" protruding...this could take 1 week, so be patient! Plant them in light soil, just below the top, under ANY kind of light...I used a regular florescent bulb. (You don't need anything fancy, or sunlight)Keep the soil moist, not wet. When they get bigger, take them outside during the day, when the warm weather permits to "harden" them. (Gets them used to being outside) Transfer outside when frost is finished...usually around June 1st. Mine bloomed the first year! The seeds were from a red canna...so far, they are YELLOW!!! I'm very pleased and excited! =)...See MoreAmazon Lilies (Eucharis grandiflora) help.... please
Comments (0)I have been growing a few Amazon Lilies (Eucharis grandiflora) in a pot for about 3 years now. They grow very nice foliage but never bloom for me. I grow them inside, near a north east facing window and I keep the soil moist but not wet. I fertilize every couple months with miracle grow, but this only encourages them to grow more foliage. Last year I put the pot out side where it got a small amount of late day sun in order to encourage them to bloom. Still no luck. Can anyone give me any advise on how I may be able to get them to bloom? LMK Thanks, Pat...See MoreAmazon Lily (Eucharis grandiflora) Help......Please
Comments (18)I have grown Eucharis grandiflora on and off for years in pots, both inside and outside. I discovered by accident about 20 years ago that flowering is brought on by dry soil. When you decide you want it to bloom, just quit watering and wait for the flowering stalks to appear. At that point you can start watering again. It's that simple. I have never found that any other factor plays a role in inducing flowering, which happens in response to dry soil regardless of the time of year, the temperature, light conditions, etc. Since I have killed many more houseplants from overwatering than underwatering, mine tend to get quite dry before I water them again. (I have several beautiful, huge pothos plants that I only water about once every 3 months, for example.) You will not hurt your Amazon lily by allowing it to get dry--believe me, you will suffer much more than the plant will. My first E. grandiflora had a mealy bug problem, so to keep it away from the other houseplants, I set it out on a screened porch. I was in the middle of a whole-house renovation and in the confusion I forgot about it for nearly a year (no water at ALL). When I finished the remodeling and re-discovered the plant, it was gone, or so I thought. No leaves, no nothing. But I watered the bare soil anyway, and lo and behold it started putting up new leaves like crazy. The mealybug infestation was gone and the plant was beautiful. It also bloomed shortly thereafter. You truly cannot kill this plant unless you overwater it....See MoreLily "Levi" : an asiatic or an LA? Anyone grow this?
Comments (0)Just picked this up. It's pink with a white center. Height listed on the box is 24", which would make it a pretty short asiatic. But a very useful height for the foreground. Googling it to copy its information onto my computer file, I see it listed as a LA lily at Brent & Becky's Bulbs, not an asiatic. Height listed as 30 to 36." A few other sites list it as an asiatic. I had wanted this to plant in front of a grouping of Orienpets and an LA. Partly to start the season with a similar color and earlier bloom time, also for the shorter height. FWIW, all my LA's (I only have a few) are quite tall, way more than 36": more like 5 feet (60"). Whether this kind of height is typical for LA's I do not know. Before I plant this, does anyone know if it is really an asiatic or an LA? When does it bloom for you, with relation to your other lilies? Thanks....See Morehorseinaround
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