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Beginner Gardening: Stargazer Lily Help!, 2 by crayondoom

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Subject: Stargazer Lily Help!

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crayondoom wrote:
So I bought this super showy stargazer at a grocery store figuring it would go of back into dormancy soon now that it is out of a greenhouse with perfect conditions, but I think it may just be dying. I don't care about the blossoms at this point, I really just want the bulb to survive so I can plant it outside and enjoy it year after year.

It is still too cold to plant it outside here in North Dakota, but I have it in the sunniest location in the house. Are the leave falling off from the bottom up in succession from lack of light? Lack of heat? Too much water? Too few nutrients? Shock from being moved from an ideal greenhouse to a dark and cramped floral display to my house? All of the above?

I was going to let it go to seed and see what interesting things those seeds would produce in a couple years, but now I am contemplating just cutting off all the flowers and allow the plant to expend all it's energy on the leaves. There is another stem starting to come up. It appears to be healthy.

What is going on and how do I fix (if I even can)? Did you catch all that or should I have paused for breath at some point? :)