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HAVE: Hippeastrum/Amaryllis Bulbs
Comments (5)Hi. I don't have variegated Iris... I have AMARYLLIS "Baby Doll" white with green "throat" to trade for your "Butterfly amaryllis" or Jacobean Lilies... I also have some other plants that are not in my trade list like Amazon Lily (Eucharis), Spider Lily both are limited qty, etc... Also, please, check my trade list for other plants. Please, let me know if interested. Thank You. This post was edited by julia-fl on Sat, Jun 7, 14 at 16:25...See MoreDigging up hippeastrum bulbs in the fall
Comments (1)You've been quiet up there in Canada this summer, hope your brother is leaving your plants alone!! Last Fall when I pulled my bulbs out of their pots, I removed any dead leaves and most of the outer brown coverings so no insects would remain. I did cut the root in half, leaving only about 6" as they were very long and still very healthy. I then had to wash as much of the soil off the roots as possible being careful not to get any water on the top of the bulb. After letting them dry in the house for about 1 week, I dusted them with Captan, which I'm not sure I really needed to do, and I might not even do it this year if the bulbs look good. During the year, I save onion bags the small ones and each one goes in it's own bag with the label and then I fill several paper bags about 3/4 full and store with the bag open, but if you have mice, I'd close it, not that that would keep mice out. Or, you can buy those little brown sandwich bags and punch a few air holes and that way the bulbs can breath and never touch each other. I don't think you want any build up of moisture. Some people spray the roots half way through the rest, but I never do, too much work. Last year I did this with about 25 bulbs and not one had any rot come spring. Last fall I had about 5 bulbs that just wouldn't go dormant, the leaves remained green so just stored them in the cellar, leaves and all and watered about once a month. They never lost all their leaves, keep a few and bloomed in the winter. Elvas, Blossom Peacock, and a few others I can't remember, and this year I have some Papilios so I will be doing the same with the Papilios. This is just my ritual, I'm sure other have some better suggestions! Good Luck, Donna...See Morehippeastrum bulbs in the closet
Comments (3)The best would be a dry basement but the closet should be all right if it's well-aerated. What are you going to do with them now, where will they be chilled?...See More'Mature' Hippeastrum Bulbs/Plants
Comments (6)In my experience, small plants are identical, smaller versions of the large ones, except they don't bloom or produce offsets. However, a growing/expanding young bulb will grow faster than the "neck" and have a skinnier neck (and therefore skinnier leaves) compared to the size of the bulb. If they either go through stress and stop growing, or reach the size where they direct their energy towards blooms and offsets rather than continued growth, you stop noticing that. (Occasionally, a small bulb will produce an offset while small, probably due to a genetic nuance. You probably don't see that often in commercially-grown varieties but I've found it in a couple individuals I grew from seed.) Leaves get stiffer and stronger when they're getting full light, floppier in lower light - of course. But also, the more intense direct light of winter produces sturdier leaves than the summer light. Still, that varies more by variety than it does by anything else. Some varieties bred for bloom rather than leaf quality just don't have nice leaves. "Apple blossom" has difficult, floppy leaves. Some of the really enormous red ones have really strong leaves. Also, a lot of the hippeastrums I've grown from seed seem to have even stronger leaves than their parents. The ones I've grown from seed also tend to have smaller blooms which they produce more readily....See MoreRelated Professionals
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