Post by bwatcher on Nov 9, 2024 16:10:33 GMT -5
Does anyone here have any experience with a wax dipped amaryllis bulb? It says they need NO WATERING to bloom. They apparently just survive using their own stored up water from inside the bulb to live and bloom. I'd like to hear if anyone else has had these. They were pushing them as great 'NO CARE' Christmas gifts for people who don't want a plant they have to care for. Most places basically figure it's a grow to blooming and then pitch it after Christmas. What?
I personally have never come across these until this year. This is the one I bought down in the Des Moines area here in Iowa last weekend. It's not like I need another amaryllis bulb. I already have 50+ in various sizes. I have many small baby, toddler, and juvenile 'ages' of bulbs that aren't ready to bloom yet. I only had one adult bloom last year, but I probably have at least 7 that should have bloomed. My issue is getting them to rebloom. I experimented through the summer with all of my bulbs, so this winter will be interesting. They are all supposed to now be going into the dormant state for the next 2+ months. Yeah, they're all working on that memo right now.
I did watch several videos on these type of waxed bulbs, and learned a few things. You all probably know I like experiments, and this will definitely be one. In several videos, I saw where after the bulb was done blooming, they easily removed the outer wax coating because the bulb had significantly shrunk. Once they removed the wax, they discovered that there was a metal ring with spikes on it which had been inserted into the bottom of the bulb before they were dipped in the wax. This is what makes the bulb stand up straight. I wondered about this when I bought it. All of them said to take the wax off when it was done blooming, remove the metal ring, then put the bulb into potting mix so that it could grow new roots. Yeah, I was worried about the fact that they basically cut all the roots off the bottom to make the bulb flat. All the videos showed their bulbs eventually growing new roots. Okay, I guess we'll see how this goes.
Yeah, I also bought a regular Christmas type amaryllis bulb. I am such an impulse buyer and a sucker for flowers. This one has 7 leaves and I hope the flower stalk shows up. You're supposed to add 1 1/2 cups of warm water to that round disc that turns into your potting soil.
I personally have never come across these until this year. This is the one I bought down in the Des Moines area here in Iowa last weekend. It's not like I need another amaryllis bulb. I already have 50+ in various sizes. I have many small baby, toddler, and juvenile 'ages' of bulbs that aren't ready to bloom yet. I only had one adult bloom last year, but I probably have at least 7 that should have bloomed. My issue is getting them to rebloom. I experimented through the summer with all of my bulbs, so this winter will be interesting. They are all supposed to now be going into the dormant state for the next 2+ months. Yeah, they're all working on that memo right now.
I did watch several videos on these type of waxed bulbs, and learned a few things. You all probably know I like experiments, and this will definitely be one. In several videos, I saw where after the bulb was done blooming, they easily removed the outer wax coating because the bulb had significantly shrunk. Once they removed the wax, they discovered that there was a metal ring with spikes on it which had been inserted into the bottom of the bulb before they were dipped in the wax. This is what makes the bulb stand up straight. I wondered about this when I bought it. All of them said to take the wax off when it was done blooming, remove the metal ring, then put the bulb into potting mix so that it could grow new roots. Yeah, I was worried about the fact that they basically cut all the roots off the bottom to make the bulb flat. All the videos showed their bulbs eventually growing new roots. Okay, I guess we'll see how this goes.
Yeah, I also bought a regular Christmas type amaryllis bulb. I am such an impulse buyer and a sucker for flowers. This one has 7 leaves and I hope the flower stalk shows up. You're supposed to add 1 1/2 cups of warm water to that round disc that turns into your potting soil.
