This simple amarylis belonged to my great grandmother Kate. I am the 4th generation it has been passed.
I just gave one to my first daughter ..generation #5.
It is near 100 years in my family. I remember seeing as a little girl in my Grandmother's parlour atop her piano.
She always said when her amarylis bloomed she 'knew' spring was on its way.
Blooming for me today. Lovely and so special (o:
wow, I had no idea you could keep them that long. that is beautiful
on chrismas I cut every leaves of our Amyryllis......but now it has started to make new ones.....and maybe it will flowering again...
Alice, that is amazing and so are you. I can't believe how many different kinds of plants you grow and all so well. Your amaryllis is very pretty. I love looking at your pictures.
Thanks, Brugie. You say the nicest things.
This amarylis has a neat history in my family.
Stories of how it passed from mother to daughter. How each grew it.
How it was near lost several times. Etc, etc.
My GGrandmother, Grandmother, Grandpa, and Mother,
all loved growing beautiful things. I am just a continuation (o:
Is this Hippeastrum striatum?
I hope you keep on continuing......and I'm also glad that you have children to pass this amaryllis on to. It is hard to fathom something being with the same family for so long. I sure wish I knew what happened to my grandma's plants. I know that no one in the family has them. I'm sure they were either dumped or sold in their pots at her estate sale. Guess I was to young to be concerned about plants at that time. Now, I just wish a lot!!
Totally awesome story Alice.
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It does not look so simple to me Alice! So very pretty. And every time it blooms you must think of who came before you. That is just great. Do you let it got to seed and propagate it that way?
What a beautiful and cherished family heirloom! Lovingly handed down from generation-to-generation!! May this tradition continue throughout the years....:~)
I don't know the name of this amarylis. If anone knows, I will appreciate.
I call it simple because it existed before the big flower hybrids.
Variegated leaves do not belong to it. Those are leaves of brugmansia Snowbank.
Leaves of this amarylis are strap like.
It will reproduce from seed. But it also forms bublets that blister off the mother.
Amarylis has two flowers open now (o:
It looks like Hippeastrum striatum (or H. rutilum) to me.
That is a wonderful story Alice. I had no idea that they could survive so long and flourish to boot. It seems that that particular one has had a lot of tlc from a family that enjoys plants and preserving history....
You say that it forms bulblets, and then in turn they become an offspring of it, so in the 100 or so years it has been around, it must have produced many many babies, I wonder how many of them are still going? does everyone in your family have babies from it?, how is the "mother" plant passed down through the generations? have there been fights over who is going to get it? what if there were more than one girls in the family? did it go to the oldest?
What a remarkable story.
Abutilon ~~~
Astounding! I've never heard of anything like this.
What a marvelous living legacy for your family. A treasure and a blessing.
Adam.
Great story.... I have two planted outside and the one has two buds on it can't wait for it to bloom
When I have a few minutes later, I will tell the full history of this amarylis in my family.
A chance for me to write it down as well to have.
Thanks everyone (o:
Alice
