Finally....

Okay, so I bought this Amaryllis somewhere around Halloween. The box said: Blooms in 8-10 weeks. I wanted it bloomed by Christmas, so I had plenty of time. Well, at Christmas it was about 3 or 4 inches above the bulb, only! I was keeping it watered. It was in a relatively "warm" place. It had sufficient light. I was doing everything right, I thought. But still no flower was appearing. Until I put it on a radiator. By a doorway. With a lamp on all day long right next to it. And just in the last 7-10 days I got this.



(various stages of bloom, pictures taken daily)

As, you can see there is another bloom waiting in the wings, so to speak. It is very pretty, although there is no leafy matter (it's still just coming out of the bulb portion). I think I have figured out that these bulbs do best pretty much soaking in water. It seemed to love that when I "over-watered" and grew the quickest. I have never had one of these before, last year I tried paperwhites. I had basically the same results with those, but those were fragrant, where this has no scent.

All in all, not bad for $3.96!