I don't do bulbs but I bought a blood lily on impulse at the Home Depot checkout two years ago. Planted it...lots of foliage and nothing else. The foliage rotted. Stuck it pot and all aside and a year or so later noticed it was coming up...and rapidly! I had the most gorgeous bloom!!! And a baby bulb that did the same thing as mom during her first year. Now they sit...what should I do? Should I start to water it? Divide the bulbs? Fertilize? Help! Here's last year's bloom...
Hi,
I am in zone 8B. I planted mine
in the ground in 2 different flower beds about 4 years ago.
One came up every year, but did not bloom till last year. The
other has bloomed every year & has 5 babies, this one get no special care, the other with no
babies gets TLC. Go figure??
Mine came from HD too, wish I had gotten more, they don't carry them here anymore.
Honeybee
Dale,
Take the advice of the Ronco guy and "set em and forget em"
We brought in a variety from Thailand that I trialled in all sorts of conditions last year. Your foliage in Sarasota should last close to year round, unless there's a salt issue.
I had them in full sun, part sun, and part shade, with a wide variety of water conditions. The part sun performed the best, with weekly watering, during spring and summer. Spring is here early for us now, so it's safe to get them on regular watering.
I'd put it in the yard in an area that doesn't get over watered if you're on irrigation. These really can take a lot of abuse.
I have it in a pot where it has been since I bought it. Should I repot it? It with the baby look a bit crowded. It had foliage for a long time but a months or so ago it browned and kind of got gooey and went away...I ignored it as I thought that was best. I keep looking at it to await new foliage but maybe another adage applies here...a watch bulb never starts producing foliage!
I've got a question, I have a blood lily just like the one on the top photo, and I have several bulbs sent to me by someone who said they were also blood lily, their tiny bulbs, and put out a daylily looking flower, completely red. but it's l/4 the size of a daylily, really small, how come their both called blood lily, because both traders sent me blood lily but both are completly diff bulbs.
kathy
Hi Dale,
Go ahead and re-pot, and divide if you'd like. They are an early spring bloomer, but not quite this early.
This is another species that's often referred to as a "naked lady". She shows her beauty and then her clothes, meaning the flower will come before the foliage.
Mine usually start their show around the beginning of April, but we've had a warm winter, and I expect them to come on a bit earlier this year.
kathy_ann - might yours be ox blood lilies? (Rhodophiala bifida)
http://plantsdatabase.com/go/54021/
If so, got any extras??? LOL!
=)
Cheri'
Sundry, your absolutely right, so the two aren't the same plants, I have both of them, so excited LOL
kathy
Buried Treasures,
I think I will repot to a larger pot but not seperate. For the life of me, I can't remember when it bloomed last year. We have had a very mild winter in Sarasota as well so we shall see what she does! You are close or in the Caladium Capitol of the World aren't you? Do they ever let the caladiums bloom in the fields? Thanks for the advice and let me know when yours blooms!
Dale
Dale,
Yes, I'm about 7 miles from Lake Placid, and they have a Caladium festival every summer that also gives tours of the fields. They're in bloom, and look good from a distance or an Aerial shot, but are kind of ratty close up. It's great for bulb production, but the direct sun tends to be harsh on the foliage.
Chris
