My amaryllis has a bulblet and the mother bulb isn't dying but hadn't
bloomed for several years. Then last year, when I gave it lots of compost,
it grew two flower stalks--unusual for that particular bulb--and this year
it has only one.
Now--what to do with the bulblet (which has three quite large leaves--break
it off at the end of the mother bulb's blooming? Just leave it?
Barbara - in Berkeley
Barbara,
to leave it or not, I have no idea maybe someone else has an idea if
it is better or not. But if you DO NOT leave it attached you should
not break it off, unless it has broken off. You should slice it off
with a very sharp knife away from the mother bulb, making sure you keep
its own roots (the bulblet intact) you should not do this till next
year (at lease that is what I do) I separate after the dormancy period,
when I see that the bulb or the bulblet is coming out of dormancy. HTH
Layth
Leave it attached and move the whole shooting match up to a (slightly)
bigger pot and in a couple of years you will get even more flowers in that
pot. Or if you want a separate potful to put somewhere different then
separate it during the resting period - doesn't seem to matter whether you
are drying off as some do or keeping it growing but cool as I do.
kathryn
Kathryn, where do you keep your amaryllis when you keep them growing in cool places? I tried it with two and it didn't work (at first). Then I tried hibernating them, and one worked. The last one is just now getting some leaves.
I assume mine got about 55F, or 13C and lots of sunshine and got watered every Sunday. Not much water but the same as in winter. Just didn't work.
Carol
I have an unheated conservatory attached to the house Carol - it gets
pretty cool in winter but of course there is lots of light
kathryn
