Monday, April 13, 2026

The unbloomed amaryllis


 So on March 20 the first day of spring I was being overly efficient and decided to cut the spent bloom off my star amaryllis plant, only to realize I also cut off an unbloomed stem!  My only choice was to wait to see if the cut stem could still bloom after I placed it in a vase with water as pictured.  I was mad at myself


So here it is on March 22nd, two days later.  I think it will bloom fully! 

March 24th:


March 25th:

March 27th:

Here it is in full bloom! Hooray!




23 comments:

Lucimar da Silva Moreira said...

Que linda Christine, desejo uma feliz semana bjs.

Anne Hagman-Niilola said...

It blooms beautifully!

Elkes Lebensglück said...

Wonderful!!! Lucky that it blossomed so beautifully.

Busy Bee Suz said...

Wow. I had no idea you could do that! Brava!

Linda Hoye said...

Glad you saved it! So pretty.

Ananka said...

Lovely :-D

Martha Jane Orlando said...

That's fantastic, Christine! The flowers are beyond lovely.

Hena Tayeb said...

Yay.. it must have been such a happy feeling

Kathy G said...

I am glad your mistake wasn't permanent.

Mary Kirkland said...

I'm glad it did bloom for you. Very pretty.

gigi-hawaii said...

Yay! It bloomed. I can’t believe it!

Lowcarb team member said...

Yay! So pleased it bloomed - it looks lovely.

All the best Jan

Wanda said...

Absolutely love the process!! Beautiful!

DVArtist said...

Wow! You can't complain about the beauty of this flower. Thanks for showing it's progress.

Kathylorraine said...

Awesome that the second one cut off bloomed for you-Yes some years I will get two stems of blooms-I think when they are younger bulbs they will do that. I just brought mine up from in the basement and put them outdoors to catch the rain

J.P. Alexander said...

Linda planta. Te mando un beso.

DeniseinVA said...

I am relieved for you, it bloomed beautifully!

CheerfulMonk said...

Hurray for that! I'm glad you didn't give up on it.

My name is Erika. said...

How exciting to get those beautiful flowers now. Even more exciting than at Christmas when you expect them.

Soma @ InkTorrents.com said...

Beautiful. I am very happy that it bloomed.

-Soma

Sandra Cox said...

Glad you held on to it and it bloomed out. Very pretty.

baili said...

Simply mesmerising 🥹♥️

sandy said...

wow...