i don't know if they come from seed....i grow mine in beautiful GLASS containers filled with stones and watch the roots and the bulb bloom in the house year round.
i don't have them outside at all, although, i see all my neighbors do...however, theirs bloomed only once, mine r beginning to "regrow" into their 3rd bloom since december.
Blue Amaryllis
I know some amaryllis come true from seed , I think it depends on if it is a hybrid (sp) or not,
I can't see myself spending that much on any one plant, but it sure is beautiful.
i hear you on that cat....but sometimes it just gets into ur blood...and you save up for it...instead of a tv or.....feeding the kids......or going to the doctor or dentist... something like that! LOL
Well said tobee43
i have always been a bit scared of seeds...perhaps that's because i lived in the really cold weather for over 30 years and to germinate anything is a trying chore. that's why i would rather wait and buy it as a "plant" or rhizome.....or bulb form etc. too much change with seeds...now i would never pay that type of money for just a "seed"...one wouldn't even know if it's the correct seed and would have to wait 9 years to find out.....holy cow and a half!!
I have issues with starting seeds too. I also prefer to buy bulbs instead of seed and there is no way I would pay that much for seed either!
and...actually...now in a 9b...some seeds i started did well other not...so i can pass...
florida has tons of nurseries with GREAT different types of plants and, as well, i still have some connections left from when i was in the "business" for those really "rare" and unusual ones i just HAVE to get!
I don't like buying seed for plants that are considered "rare" or difficult to cultivate, waste of time! I always forget about them and find they have a nice green film on top :) lol
I'm sure I'll spend that kind of money again, just not anytime soon lol well maybe on a larger plant, not a baby, that's why it seems a bit .... um.... uggh to me cause he's so small!
100 dollars on a crinum :) I totally think they're worth that :) Darn bulbs!
Me too!!!
LOL!! ok...ME TOO!
I just wish I could grow them in the ground :( I have to have them in pots or dig them up in the fall, it makes me sad!
well actually it's most likely safer??? bcause this year it froze in a 9b zone and tons of people lost everything......
and, now even tho i have the choice to have them in the ground i still like them in pretty glass containers....
this one's in my kitchen....no light ...no water just rocks
Beautiful!! I have lost some during our big freeze a couple of years ago but I have way to many to not plant them int he ground. I do keep all of my SA bulbs in large community pots!!
the only problem is now.....marie....i REALLY really REALLY want a BLUE one......LOL!!!!!
think josh will share...NOT! hehehehe
Me too!! I have been searching for about 3 years!!!
well...when i get the money i will hunt until i find out...even if it's at the end of the earth!!!! LOL
i ship in from the south east and from china soooooooo...i will be on the hunt as soon as funding permits! which at the rate things are going will be the year 3001!!! LOL
I would love to share :) I don't have anything to share yet tho :(
you r so sweet josh...and i'm sure you would share if you could.
you rec'd a sweet plant there & i wish you the best of luck with it!!...just keep posting it's progress!
Congrats Josh!!..Look forward to pics in the future and hope you have blooms sooner than later..hugz..Jeanne
there's one on ebay now...........
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-endangered-Worsleya-Blue-Amaryllis-Hippeastrum-/120597247415?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1427f5b7
Thanks I am bidding!!
I just bought another of ebay about a week ago, 3 years old, I paid 35 dollars! :)
You have all of the luck Josh!!!
Are you the leading bid Marie?
Nope.
I see you have discovered the pacific bulb society. :o)
How'd you know :) hehe I love it there!
I am always watching and reading the posts :o) I feel a little out of my league though but it is an awesome source of information!! I notice your name there and on the Yahoo Worsleya forum :o)
Marie, I'm going to send you a D-mail :)
You better read it !!!!!!!!!!! lol