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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Thanks for the advice, you don’t say anything about letting them dry up and go dormant. I thought that was necessary.
I am tempted to keep one of them has 3 tiny side bulbs on it. I open the boxes before I decide on one. I got some nice ones many years ago on Easy to Grow bulbs.com. One was a particularly nice double. It did not rebloom so I gave it to a friend and - you guessed it - it bloomed for her. I am getting pretty cheap in my old age so I will try and keep them. Nice on the orchid. Phals are so easy to grow. My favorites are miltonias and I did get some to rebloom for me for years. I am sure you know if you cut a bloom spike halfway down just above a joint it will regrow and bloom again. Happens every time. Just wait til your last flower falls off. Whenever I see someone buying one at the grocery store I tell them about it.


25 posted on 12/18/2021 10:10:32 AM PST by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: MomwithHope

I’ve never done the ‘dormant’ thing, but it works for Geraniums; I do know that! Based on what I know about their life-cycle, I would think dormancy would set them back, but that’s how we get new bulbs when we grow them, right?

I went to look and it all seems to be a bit confusing/conflicting, as far as sending it into a true dormancy, which some places are saying it does NOT need:

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/make-amaryllis-dormant-103672.html

http://www.amaryllisbulb.net/Amaryllis_Dormancy.html

Our best bet would be to move to Hawaii where they bloom in the ditches all year long like our Midwest orange ditch lilies, LOL!

Thanks for the orchid tip! I will try that if/when this one blooms for me again!


27 posted on 12/18/2021 10:32:31 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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