Hi Edna,

He is posting on the amaryllis forum and at daves too.. He has a amaryllis coop going on... He is one busy gardener...Check it out..:)

Edna I have seen a message from him yesterday. Just do not ask me on WHAT he commented lol

Barb I think you nailed it...that co op must take ALL your free time.

Kristy brought my plants back with her from the co op and let me tell you. What gorgeous plants. When I thought on HOW in the world you would pack them all safely and ship them, I took TWO hats off to Debbie...the organizer.

Lucy

Lucy you are so lucky! I seen that coop that was a good one...That was nice of kristy to do that too :)) Have fun with your new babies...Barb

I'm guessing you meant me ;-) I'm here... Just been keeping busy with my bananas from the DG co-op, getting the Amaryllis co-op going, and remodeling my kitchen.

I've been following the doing's on here, just probably a bit quieter than I had been before. I can't wait for everyone to start posting the photos of their brug blooms, since mine are pretty much done for the summer season.

Ryan

Lucy, weren't they packed well?? The way Debbie rolled each one up in cardboard, was perfect. Mine were shipped, and all arrived safe and sound.

Ryan I was even luckier because they were all left in the growing containers and in a tray :-) But like I wrote her, I understand now why she has to do all that cardboard packing. Those are really huge plants for little money!!

Also it is understandable that since your brug blooming is over for a while...that your focus is on BANANAS lol.

Have fun Ryan...of course remodeling the kitchen...should keep you busy a while :-(

Lucy

Hi Ryan,
how have u been? havent seen you around for a while..
I have some hybrid amaryllis seeds if you want them.
Siam :)

Since I was in the suburban and could leave the flats spread out on the floor in the back and let them ride home in a/c Debbie didn't have to pack them. I told her to leave them like they were and they would be fine. I think Lucy meant she realized it would be hard to wrap and pack each one with the size these plants were. They look great! I can't imagine the work it would take to wrap each of those plants and ship them out. I still have things I need to ship to some of you and things I need to plant and can't seem to get anything done lately. I will get them out eventually when things settle down some. I'm glad my friends are understanding and know they will get them. It just might take a little longer. After the rest of this co op stuff comes in I am done for a while until I can cut back to 3 days a week again at work.

Thanks, Siam, I appreciate the offer, but I think at this point I'll need to pass. It's just getting too hot here for planting seeds, and amaryllis seed, from what I've heard, has to be planted while they are still fresh, for best viability. Unfortunately, all my attempts at crossing amaryllis failed this year. But I was successful at crossing some peach and yellow clivia (at least so far).

Kristy, the way Debbie was packing those plants from the co-op was inspired. Each plants roots were wrapped in damp newspaper, then wrapped in glad press-n-seal. Then each plant was wrapped into a sheet of cardboard to form a tube. I wound up having her ship them to me FedEx overnight to my office. With the heat, I didn't want to take a chance on them baking in transit.

Hey Ryan,
I just picked the amaryllis seeds a few days ago.
I have germinated amaryllis seeds after keeping them for a while. And in Trinidad its always very warm, and they still grow.
If u decide u want them, just let me know
Siam.