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Amaryllis Seedlings

Carol love_the_yard (Zone 9A Jacksonville, FL)

14 years ago

I love amaryllis (hippeastrum). I am partial to pinks so I only grow pinks. (I have given away oranges and reds and anything striped to my sisters and friends. They are just not my thing.) I probably have around 100-150 pinks in my yard.

During the spring when they are blooming, I actively pollinate the flowers to produce seed. I use a small, soft watercolor paintbrush. Because of the pollination, I usually get lots of seed and I collect it for planting. Well, guess what, about two weeks ago, I FINALLY got around to planting them! I planted 18 cell-packs: each cell-pak has 9 compartments, each planted with two seeds. Today I have seedlings! It took just under two weeks for them to germinate! If I get 100% germination, I would have 324 plants! Woo-hoo! Here are photos.

(The plants to the right of the cell-packs are prior year seedlings that I need to get into the ground.)

It's always fun to see what blooms in a few years since these are all crosses.

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Comments (7)

joycrick
14 years ago
Wow! I never grew amaryllis from seed. Keep us posted when they bloom!

Joyce
olyagrove
14 years ago
Awesome. What precious little shoots. And what a great idea to pollinate and plant the seeds
Olya
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suncoastdaylily
14 years ago
Very nice seedlings. How long from germination to bloom? I sometimes plant daylily seeds and I usually get bloom in a year.

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Carol love_the_yard (Zone 9A Jacksonville, FL)
Original Author
14 years ago
Usually two years and sometimes longer. Some people say, "two years!" I say, two years goes by whether I plant them or not. :)
SusieQsie_Fla
14 years ago
What a great philosophy!

I thought of that this year when I saw a seedpod on my Rainbow Plumeria. If I'd've saved last year's seedpod, I'd probably have babies by now, instead of thinking how long it takes for the seeds to ripen.

Are the pink amaryllis harder to come by? I don't think I've ever seen a pink one. Do you have any pics of these babies in your garden?

Thanks Susie
Carol love_the_yard (Zone 9A Jacksonville, FL)
Original Author
14 years ago
Yes, pinks amaryllis were very hard to find at first. So often I would purchase a bulb labeled Vera and when it would bloom, dang if it didn't become Minerva!

My flowers vary from hot pink to bubblegum pink to light pink to appleblossom to salmon/coral pink. Here are some photos:
lupini_comcast_net
12 years ago
WHERE are you located that you can put these in your flower beds? I have some seedlings...about 30 of them. I did not artifically pollinate my amaryllis...it just had the seed pod swell and when it was ready to drop I opened it and found the seeds. I need to find out how to handle these little ones. They are in little pots 1 or 2 to a pot. About 2 inches tall. Any advice??? I live near Pittsburgh...so they cannot be outside all winter.

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