Amaryllis flowering in September

Mine flowered in June in fact they were better than at Christmas ! :0))

They are gorgeous Balcony, I`m still hoping mine will reward me with some blooms, the original one hasn`t started into growth yet but one of the little bulblets has in the last few days....

Good to hear you had such a good display, Valadel! :-))

Thanks, Lincslass. So happy you think so! :-)) When did your original one finish blooming? They need the best part of a year to recover & make up their strength again. Anyway their natural period of flowering is mid/late spring here in the UK at least. They also need a couple of months dormancy & some cold to flower again.

The bulblets may need some years to flowering, don't be in a hurry to see flowers just yet. Due to the size of the flowers they need a long time before reaching flowering time.

I have had the original one 4yrs now Balcony, its goes through the proper cycle every year but only ever flowered in its first year, it has babies instead, I remembered you told me I`d have a long wait with the new ones but still keep keep hoping to get my original one to reward me, lol,....

Strange to see them flowering in September, but they're very pretty, and always a welcome sight :o)
It will be nice to see the two-coloured one ...

Marvellous that you got them all from seed - what patience, to wait for them to flower! Hope you put on a pic of the white one when it comes out.

Lincslass, are you removing the bulblets each year? You needn't unless they are "bursting" out of the pot. They actually flower better rootbound! Have you given them tomato or rose fertilizer during the summer or when they are growing? This will help them to build up more energy for flowering. I do this every year & my bulbs, most at any rate, flower year after year.

It's not very common as you say, Hywel, but last year I had more than two & they flowered in the greenhouse on the allotment.

Steragram I knew before I even saved the seeds that they would need at least 4/5 years to flowering! I don't really think about having patience - it's not like they are the only things I grow on my balcony! They spent most of their lives, up to flowering in a mini-greenhouse on the balcony & didn't really "get in the way". It's NOW that they "get in the way"! I mean they take up MUCH more room than before & I have to carry them back & forth between the allotment & home twice a year!

Then they have to spend the winter on the 3 windowsills of our flat, stacked 2/3 tiers high! As they show buds in the spring I move them into our living room where we can see them. When they are finished - back to the windowsills till the middle of May.

I've written 4 or 5 blogs (or more!) on GoY about my Amaryllis, you might want to look them up if you are really interested.