SneIrish's Hippeastrum - Amaryllis 'Apple Blossom' Potting Up
Plant: Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) | Variety: Apple Blossom
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06 Feb 2012Peperomia obtusifolia - Baby Rubber Plant Growing, Peperomia obtusifolia - Baby Rubber Plant - `Variegata' ...
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I took the two Amaryllis bulbs out that I had in the downstairs refrigerator for the past couple of months. Time to pot them up. They were put in 4 inch round pots and on a tray together in front of an east facing window. We’ll see if I have any luck getting them to rebloom this year. The o...
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15 Nov 2011Inside the House garden , Schlumbergera truncata - Dad's Thanksgiving Cactus 'Gold Charm' Blooming, Schlumb...
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Rainy 19°C / 67°F
Oh and a few cuttings put in to root for good measure.
Repotted the Fuchsia, trimmed back some of the branches, and put it in a hanging basket in the east-facing window. Let’s see if we can keep it alive through the winter.
Unpotted the three Amarylis bulbs, put them in paper bags for ...
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15 Jan 2011Hippeastrum - Amaryllis 'Apple Blossom' Dying Down, Inside the House garden , Hippeastrum - Amaryllis 'Red ...
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The swollen seed pods on the ‘Apple Blossom’ Amaryllis were doing just fine. This morning, however, I noticed that they turned yellow and were shrivelling. Clearly no viable seeds were being produced. I cut them off the plant and opened the two largest. There were some tiny white seed...Indoors -
03 Jan 2011Hippeastrum - Amaryllis 'Apple Blossom' Pollinating and Inside the House garden
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IndoorsI tried hand-pollinating these Amaryllis. The other day I noticed that they were starting to drop pollen, so I figured I would give it a try. Apparently it may have worked for at least one and maybe more of the flowers. One of them clearly has a swollen ovary that will be carrying seed. The other...
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25 Dec 2010
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Amaryllis Flowers for Christmas
Hippeastrum - Amaryllis 'Apple Blossom' Blooming and Inside the House gardenIndoorsRight on cue. They are definitely Apple Blossom and not Minerva so I have changed the planting and name. There are four large flowers, white with pinkish-red striping which is described as a blush in the catalogs. The throat is a lime green.
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20 Dec 2010Hippeastrum - Amaryllis 'Apple Blossom' Budding and Inside the House garden
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IndoorsThere look to be four buds, and they may be open for Christmas. The buds do not look like ‘Minerva’ which is what was labeled on the box. Not enough red. We’ll see.
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03 Dec 2010Inside the House garden , Schlumbergera truncata - Holiday Cactus - 'Rocket' Budding, Schlumbergera truncat...
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IndoorsIt is amazing how the house plants just know the time has arrived when they will have some attention paid to them for a while! Seems like there are buds all over the place as they are getting ready to put on a show. I just noticed the tiny new bud forming on the ‘Thor Tenna’ so this m...
