Hi Maggy.....the same with mine...it's second year. I only repotted it as the bulb was still firm...I keep checking for a flower bud which usually comes from the side next to the leaf tips. I've a feeling these are grown especially for one year....as they are usually Xmas presents.

i think you find it is hte difrence betwen hipestrium an amarylis

I've been very disappointed with Amaryllis 'Papilio'. I have two now - and know I should keep them fed and green all year round. However, the first one (3rd year) has never flowered- and the second one (last year's) flowered, but only once... they're not growing flower stems, either. :-(((

Hi Maggy i had a New Page made for Goypedia last wk 4 Amaryllis maybe u can find some help in there ? Jac :)

My Amarillis 'Apple Blossom' put out leaves before the flower stalk. The stalk started growing some time after the leaves came up. The blooms just opened yesterday. There are quite a few buds on the stalk and the flowers are huge and beautiful. This was a new bulb this year.

Im not sure what this one is except that it is crimson in colour,no sign of a developing bud, but I think it was the same last year!

Spritzhenry if that is the case then this one is DOOMED!! I let it dry up in the greenhouse.

Thanks Jacque I will have look.

Thanks Janey

and Derek I will have a look! although it was very much like Spitzhenry last year the red one.

Well, that's the normal thing to do with them, after all - so you might be lucky! Fingers crossed! :-))