Helllloooo Maria!
May you have the most wonderful of vacations and the best that the holiday season has to offer(((hugs)))
Thank you for the lovely Gilmar photo. Lora

Lorrraaaa!!! Thanks girlfriend. I tried to really get a good pic of it. The pic in Veronica Red's book of it does not do justice to it. It is ox-blood red and when seen under lights, the petals has this shimmer in it.
I've been spending a lot of time preparing the ammies before I leave that my 5 year old asked me..."Mommy, are you going to bring your flowers to Florida?" Lol! I wish...

Happy Holidays and the best (amaryllises) to you and yours in 2007!

YES!!! Gilmar reblooms for me. This means fresh pollens to collect and 4 more flowers to pollinate... I hope your Gilmar babies are all doing good like it's mommy. Enjoy!!!

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Maria, how do you do it having blooms all the time? Georgous, really. Thanks for sharing.

Xuan

BTW, my seeds have germinated. I'm having fun.

Haxuan...You're very welcome. With 80 plus amaryllises, you'll never run out of blooms...lol! I just give all of them that "after blooming care" and if they don't rebloom in summer, they definitely will rebloom next season. SOME of them, just like Gilmar, just love to flower I guess. Maybe these rebloomers develop flower scapes faster than the other varieties thus giving out summer blooms.

You must have a big place for all of these beauties! Can you explain, for me, how to give them "after blooming care"? Any special tips?
Many thanks.

Xuan (hooked on amaryllis, too!)

Xuan...I do have an acre property but the amaryllises only occupy my back porch. They are all potted for I cannot grow them in the ground in my zone. Most of them are in 8 inch pots right now.
After bloom care is very simple. The three basic factors it needs to grow would be sun, soil and food. Amaryllis need sunlight to process their food that they use to grow leaves and the flowers scapes inside the bulb. No matter how much you fertilize, if they don't get enough light, it would not help the plant.
Pot up your amaryllis in appropriate pots that will accomodate their roots or in the ground if you are in the right zone. WARNING: Avoid potting them in pots that are too big. Too much potting soil takes a long time to dry out and the roots would be always wet that it can cause rot. I always check the root system of my amaryllis before I pot them up. If the roots are almost filling up the pot, then I repot them to next size pot. Some amaryllises are slow in rooting as some are heavy root producers. Study and know your amaryllis' growing habits.
Feed your amaryllis that are actively growing. They need food at this stage. Lessen fertilizer when they are slowing down on growth and are getting ready to rest. NO fertilizer on sick bulbs.
Besides these 3 factors, I would highly recommend to keep your growing area clean with lots of air circulation. Maintain a keen eye on deseases or possibly one, isolate and treat them immediately.

Very good lesson for me, Maria. Will remember. Looks like I'm having a lot of seedlings to take back. Your lesson will be of great use to me. Many thanks.

Xuan

I need a Gilmar. :o) It is interesting that there is no supplier online I could find this wariety offered by.

A familiar face pops out from my potfull of mixed seedlings. Gilmar lives on. And virus free this time.

My seedling records say that I grew seedlings of Gilmar I X Gilmar I so it is very possible that this is one of them Donna.

Great news Maria. The flowers are spectacular.

Yes it is indeed a very good news that I still have Gilmar's genes in my collection. Here was Gilmar's last picture in 2008 before I decided to burn it a few months after as it's leaves showed signs of virus. Exotic, beautiful and a performer.

I don't think I've seen my Gilmar for a few years. Sounds like it could be one hybrid that is susceptible. Very pretty blooms....

Thank you very much for the photo Maria. It really brings out the greatness of Gilmar. What a breathtaking sight.

Most if not all of the Gilmar bulbs were commercially grown in South America (most probably in feilds)so I am not surprised if they were already infected while being produced Kristi. I can self pollinate one of the flowers if ya'll want some seeds. Gilmar is very fertile and is one that I consider "universal" successfully crossing with both tetraploids and diploids.

Very close to the original and yes, I for one would love a few seeds!!☺☺ Thanks!!

Gotcha Donna! I'll just repot it after I harvest seeds "if" we get blessed. Hopefully it's flowers next year would be looking more like mom. Talking about "mom", advanced Happy Mother's Day to ya'll moms and plant moms!