By Vladimir Brezina
For a whole year it had been just sitting there, not doing anything much. Then, one day, we noticed that it had suddenly sprouted a pod.
This was a couple of weeks ago. Now it’s back to its old self, just sitting there… that’s the Amaryllis flower over for another year!
More photos are here.
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.
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What beautiful reds.
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After Blue, some Red…
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Love the photos – great intense red! I used to have a collection of amaryllis, until I left them out in a hard frost :-( If you have a balcony, they like a summer outdoors with extra food, then a trip to a dark closet in mid to late September to force dormancy, then back in the light in early December. Its hard to get them to bloom at Christmas but mine usually bloomed in January with this routine. Still, an unexpected bloom in April/May is a nice treat!
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Thanks, Lynn!
Yes, I was vaguely aware that we were supposed to do something like that, but we didn’t. So we got lucky! I guess the Amaryllis just got tired of not being the center of attention :-)
But this year we won’t trust to luck—we’ll follow your advice…
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I’m so glad you came by my blog and sent a LIKE my way. I was able to find you and I love your blog. These photos are gorgeous. The flowers are so beautiful and vibrant. :D
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That’s what these Photo Challenges are good for… Thanks for coming by, and for your kind words!
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It is a beautiful flower. I have an orchid that also only blooms once a year.
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Yes, a few days at most of glory, and then it’s over for another year. But some insects, such as the 17-year cicadas, have it even worse…
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Oh I love it, fantastic photos, Vlad, hurray for red! xxx
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:-) I thought your favorite color was green, or blue…
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:-) I’m so indecisive, heh heh. Now I like red. No, wait… xxx
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Nice portraiture of your amaryllis! All captured in pixels ’til next year’s bloom.
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Yes, and I even have some photos of last year’s bloom too…. If it flowered more than once a year, it would get boring ;-)
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